The City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) seeks to improve motorist safety, pedestrian safety, and mobility through updated signal infrastructure and strategically located concrete bump-outs along Frankstown Avenue between Murtland Street and Blackadore Avenue. Frankstown Avenue serves as a major vehicular and transit route connecting the East Hills suburbs to the City's East End neighborhoods. It is also a Central Business District for the Homewood neighborhood. In a span of three years, there have been 55 recorded crashes along this corridor of which 6 involved pedestrians. As a subconsultant to Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., Sci-Tek provided the following surveying services:
- Performed a field survey to establish horizontal & vertical control points that are referenced to the State Plane Coordinate System (PA South) NAD 83 horizontal datum.
- Submitted a PA One Call Preliminary Design notification to request information from participating utility companies on the existing underground utilities within or adjacent to the approximate survey limits.
- Conducted a field survey along Frankstown Avenue at all 8 design intersections including sufficient information to support ADA curb ramp design, drainage design, and signing and pavement marking design.
- Prepared an existing conditions base map.
