Central Polk Parkway

KCA provided design services for the development of final plans for the new alignment of the Central Polk Parkway from SR 570 (Polk Parkway) to SR 35 (US 17). The proposed roadway is tolled, and the project included the design of a gantry for All Electronic Toll Collection. The services were divided into a two-part scope in which Part A developed 90% concept plans for the ultimate six-lane section for advance coordination with Florida Gas Transmission (FGT), identify right-of-way (R/W) needs, and develop a Project Recommendations Report. Part B included the development of final design and construction plans for the CPP Part A scope and performing a project development and environmental (PD&E) reevaluation of the design. For Part A, KCA designed a ultimate six-lane divided, limited-access highway typical section with a 74-foot median, 12-foot lanes, and 8-foot inside (4-foot paved) and 12-foot outside shoulders (10-foot paved). The alignment for the SR 570 to US 17 section included a tri-level interchange at Polk Parkway, overpasses at SR 540, Thornhill Road (two locations), Old Bartow Eagle Lake Road, and an at-grade intersection at US 17. The KCA team was responsible for roadway design, structures design, drainage design, traffic/signing and pavement marking (S&PM)/lighting/signalization, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), temporary traffic control (TTC), utility coordination/subsurface utility engineering (SUE), PD&E re-evaluation, environmental permitting, landscape architecture, tolling architecture, tolling structures, public involvement, surveying/R/W mapping, and geotechnical services.