PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS

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The following changes are made to highway network scope and cost:

• Extension of Wendell Ford Blvd. (Boone County Item #6-417): The scope is changed from a 3-lane section to a 5-lane section. Originally funded using SNK construction funds amounting to $2,366,717 the project becomes privately funded (no OKI dollars). Scope change requires air quality conformity determination.
• Ted Bushelman Blvd. (Boone County Item #6-439): The scope is changed from 2 lanes plus a two-way left turn lane to 4 lanes plus two-way left turn lane (TWLTL) with intersection improvements to meet future demands. The SNK funds from OKI are increased approximately $1.92 million utilizing the savings from the adjacent Wendell Ford project. Total project cost increases from $977,500 to $3,367,660, Scope change requires air quality conformity determination.
• Add Mall Road Connector Phase 2 (Boone County Item #6-446). Total Cost is $8,830,000.
• Mall Road Connector Phase 1 (Boone County; Mall Road to KY 842): revise cost estimate from $14,720,000 to $10,940,000 ($9,440,000 CON + $1,500,000 DES)