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Council Member Ossé inquires about delayed trench repair project in his district
2:16:25
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Council Member Chi A. Ossé raises concerns about a long-delayed trench repair project on Hancock Street between Marcy and Noshrind in his district. The project, initially allocated funds five years ago, has faced multiple delays. DOT officials explain the current timeline and reasons for the delays.
- Project now scheduled for fiscal year 2026, with registration expected in fall 2025
- Standard timeline for capital projects is about six years from funding to completion
- Delays can occur due to various issues such as high bids or contractor problems
Chi A. Ossé
2:16:25
Thank you chairs and good afternoon commissioner and good folks from the Department of Transportation.
2:16:32
I just wanna follow-up on a issue.
2:16:35
It's a local issue in my district around trench repair.
2:16:39
This is located on Hancock between Marcy and Noshrind.
2:16:44
I've been pushing I know the money was already allocated for this trench repair many, many, many years ago.
2:16:50
I wanna say five, prior to the pandemic, and I know that there's been some issues.
2:16:56
Because of the pandemic in terms of getting this trench repair done, we last sent a email about this on 10/17/2024.
2:17:05
This is my third year of advocating for this trench repair, and I just wanted to speak to you and see what the update is on that trench repair.
2:17:22
I believe so.
2:17:23
Yes.
2:17:58
This is the third time it's been pushed back.
2:18:00
This is going on next year will be six years since DOT is committed to doing work on this project.
2:18:09
Is it gonna be pushed back again next year?
2:18:11
Am I gonna wait ten years for this trench to be repaired?
2:18:14
I think that's that's a bit concerning.
2:18:16
Right?
2:18:55
Mhmm.
Margaret Forgione
2:17:15
Okay.
2:17:15
I believe this is trench repair that was going to be addressed between DEP and DOT.
2:17:21
Is that correct?
2:17:23
Okay.
2:17:24
I can follow-up right afterwards and get an update for you.
2:17:26
We've worked collaboratively at location.
2:17:29
There's different locations around the city that for some unknown reason has sunk.
2:17:34
Something could have been when the road was built many, many years ago.
2:17:38
Something could have been put in there that decayed and then has sunk.
2:17:42
So what we're doing is we're working with DEP on these locations.
2:17:47
We're not trying to figure out what went wrong many decades ago.
2:17:50
We're just trying to address them.
2:17:51
But I am being reminded that we do in this location.
2:17:54
We do have a DDC project for next year for 2026.
Paul Ochoa
2:18:17
Let's hear a Councilmember, I'm happy to transferration capital projects, unfortunately, it's about a six six year timeline from when the project gets funded to when we internally produce what we call a capital project initiation package that then gets sent to DDC.
2:18:34
And then they do the preliminary design, final design, and then bid out the contract.
2:18:38
Mhmm.
2:18:39
It's it's usually a six year timeline.
2:18:41
I do have it here.
2:18:42
It was pushed out by a year, which does happen.
2:18:46
Sometimes the bids don't come in come in way too high, and then the DDC needs to rebid it.
2:18:52
Or the a bid, the the highest ranked team
2:18:55
Like, goes under.
2:18:56
So there's a lot of issues that happen throughout the the cycle that do delay project.
2:19:01
Mhmm.
2:19:01
The the the good news though is we do expect registration this fall and construction to start in fiscal twenty six for this set of trench restorations.
2:19:12
It is usually up to DDC and the contractor to determine which sites in particular they'll start first.
2:19:18
We'd be happy to facilitate a conversation.