From PasadenaNow.com
Y ANDRÉ COLEMAN, MANAGING EDITOR
The City Council rejected all bids submitted for a planned traffic-calming project on North Raymond Avenue after the lowest qualified proposal exceeded the project’s budget by more than $150,000.
The project, launched under the city’s Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP), will see the installation of nine removable speed tables and a temporary median to address chronic speeding between Montana Street and Grandview Street. The Department of Transportation identified the corridor as a priority area for improvements following community feedback and traffic studies.
Two bids were received before the April 25 deadline—one for $93,875 and another for $274,361. However, the lower bid was deemed non-responsive due to a misunderstanding involving the specified construction materials. That left the $274,361 bid as the only viable option, which far exceeded the project’s allocated $120,000 budget.