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Bids for Calhoun Station Parkway reconstruction come in under $7.5 million; award hoped for this week
Summary
Madison County engineers reported that bids for the roughly two-mile Calhoun Station Parkway reconstruction — converting the roadway from two lanes to three between Stout Road and Highway 22 — came in under $7.5 million; staff said they hope to award the contract and hold a preconstruction meeting next quarter.
Brad Ingalls, an engineer with Stantec, told the board that the Calhoun Station Parkway reconstruction project — about 2 miles from Stout Road to Highway 22 — has completed design and was bid, with results “within budget a little under $7,500,000,” and that staff hoped to award the contract at the current meeting.
The project, Ingalls said, will convert the existing two-lane roadway to three lanes. He told the board the design is finished and that the county had opened bids; Hempfield Construction was the apparent low bidder. “Bids came in within budget a little under $7,500,000 and hope to award today,” Ingalls said.
A board member asked about the construction time frame and the winning bidder. Ingalls replied that Hempfield Construction submitted the low bid and that the contract calls for 250 calendar days for completion. “So it should be done next year,” Ingalls said when asked about the schedule, adding the county may be close to year-end depending on start date.
Ingalls said staff plans to hold a preconstruction conference next quarter and that major earthwork would likely begin in the spring rather than during winter months. “Don't typically do dirt work during the winter. So maybe looking towards the spring of next year before we start turning dirt on it,” he said.
No formal vote or contract award was recorded in the meeting transcript excerpt provided. The project timeline and contractor name above reflect the bid results and schedule discussion reported to the board during this agenda item.
