The Sarpy County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 14 approved awarding the low bid for the 190 Second Street structures replacement and paving project to Emmy Collins Contracting Company Inc., and authorized a professional-services supplement with JEO Consulting Group for construction administration.

County Deputy Administrator Scott Bovec told commissioners the work covers replacement of bridges (bridges 172 and 173) on 190 Second Street north of Platte Road and associated paving. “The engineer’s estimate was about $4,800,000. The low bidder was $3,702,917.60,” Bovec said. He said the county received 12 bids and the highest bid was about $4.5 million.

The county intends to close only one bridge at a time and build three-lane bridges with two-lane paving to preserve future expansion options. Bovec said the two bridges were ranked Nos. 6 and 7 on the county’s bridge-priority list because of their condition and expected increases in truck traffic from nearby industrial development. “We will be working with those developments to the west. They do understand that they need to contribute towards this project,” he said.

Commissioners also approved a supplement to the previously authorized professional services agreement with JEO Consulting Group for construction observation, testing, staking and overall construction management. The supplement, described by staff as construction administration for the project, is for $464,995.

Dan Satorius, identified as a project engineer with JEO, described the existing structures as “fairly small” but with large drainage requirements; the replacements will be correspondingly larger to handle drainage and future traffic demands.

County staff estimated the full project cost could reach about $4.5 million and said portions of engineering, right-of-way and other costs will be assigned to adjacent developments. Bovec estimated the county might recoup “probably a million or so” from developers but noted he did not have a final number at the meeting.

Votes at the meeting were unanimous on both the award and the professional-services supplement; the board recorded the motions as carried.

The county expects construction to take most of the next year, with sequencing required to maintain access for adjacent properties. Staff said alignment with a future state interchange project north of the corridor makes timely local road and bridge improvements important for connectivity and planning.

Votes at a glance
- Resolution 2025-267 — Award low bidder for 190 Second Street Structures Replacement and Paving Project (C7725-10) to Emmy Collins Contracting Company Inc.; low bid $3,702,917.60; outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Resolution 2025-268 — Supplement No. 1 to professional services agreement with JEO Consulting Group for construction administration for C7725-10; supplement $464,995; outcome: approved (unanimous).

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County staff said they will coordinate with nearby developments and local jurisdictions on cost participation and on planning a local feeder-road network to serve a state interchange planned in the area.