County engineering wins grants and low bid for Sutton Road project; board approves five road items
Summary
County engineering staff reported a low bid roughly 18% under estimate for the Sutton Road improvement project and secured matching funding; the board approved five engineer items including striping, municipal road fund projects and right-of-way purchases.
Hamilton County engineer staff presented five items including the Sutton Road improvement contract and several road-program actions at the Aug. 28 meeting. The low bid for the Sutton Road improvement project (Kellogg Avenue to the Mount Washington corporation line) came in just under $4 million, approximately 18% below the engineer’s $4.8 million estimate. Engineer staff said the county’s permissive auto fund will contribute $275,029 to the project and that other partners — SORTA and Waterworks — will provide additional funding; Waterworks is replacing a water main to allow coordinated construction. The estimated completion date was discussed in staff remarks. Other approved items included authorization to bid a thermoplastic and epoxy pavement striping phase with a Sept. 25 opening and a recommendation to approve 13 municipal road fund projects totaling $3,256,952 (the board agreed to use excess funds from prior projects to cover the higher total), plus two right-of-way purchases tied to East Miami River Road and the Berkshire Road bridge replacement. Commissioners thanked engineering staff for pursuing partner funding and approved items 1–5 on the agenda.
