The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has awarded
the bid to repave six City of Alexander streets to Redstone Construction Group,
Inc. of Little Rock. The bid of $235,217.49 is below the $250,000.00 allowed
Alexander by AHTD. The only other bid was from Cranford Construction, Co. of
North Little Rock at $295,220.53.
The bids were opened Wednesday, October 14. They were then approved at
a meeting held the next day.
The streets to be repaved are Autumn Cove and that portion of Magnolia
Glen that intersects Autumn Cove in St. Joseph’s Glen, Brookwood Road from Don
Parker to the railroad tracks, all of Cornerstone, Kelli Place, and a portion
of 2nd Street. It’s unknown when the work will begin.
Because the remainder of the $250,000 is less $25,000.00 (10%) the city
can add streets to the project without further approval from AHTD. Alexander
can also add its own funding if needed.
The funding for this project is being provided by the State Aid City
Streets program. Cities are being offered access to this program as part of a
temporary gasoline tax extension passed by voters in November, 2011. Revenue
from the tax is being used to upgrade interstate and state highways along with
city and county streets and roads.
This may be the only topic of discussion at the next regular meeting of
the Alexander City Council. The agenda only lists the regular reports along
with “Old Business” and “New Business” with no specific items listed.
The meeting will be held Monday, October 19 at 6 PM in the courtroom at
city hall. The public is invited to attend.
No comments:
Post a Comment