The Hennepin County Transportation Department, Traffic Division owns 354 guardrails and maintains 466 (MnDot, Municipalities and Park District included), to preserve them for future transit safety and to bring them up to the changing code requirements. The county has reviewed the network of guardrails to locate the non-conforming guardrails and have hired a consultant to design a bid package to bring the said guardrail up to the current Minnesota Department of Transportation “Standard Specifications for Construction” 2020 Edition and all supplements (MnDOT Website on-line). The project: Hennepin County plans to upgrade twenty guardrail locations along 8 different CSAH’s located in 8 different cities throughout the county. Sixteen of the guardrail locations make up the main base bid of the proposal, with 4 guardrail locations making up the alternates. Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, materials, equipment, and traffic control and traffic control supervision to provide and perform the complete rebuild of guardrail at various locations throughout Hennepin County as per their bid for this Construction Project. Any items on the projects deemed salvageable by the CAR such as End Treatments, W Beams, or steel post will be delivered to the Hennepin County Public Works in Medina or Hennepin County property of choice.
