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City Council OKs contract with Sprint Sand & Clay to excavate Acre Lake; council presses company on truck routes and road repairs
Summary
Manvel approved a contract with Sprint Sand & Clay to excavate Acre Lake under a revenue-share model: $5,000 monthly license plus $1 per cubic yard of material sold. Council members pressed for traffic controls, heavy‑haul permits and road‑repair guarantees after hearing estimates of dozens to hundreds of truck trips a day.
Manvel City Council voted unanimously on May 5 to award the Acre Lake excavation contract to Sprint Sand & Clay, authorizing staff to finalize an agreement that pays the city a $5,000 monthly license fee plus $1 for every cubic yard of material the contractor removes and sells.
The vote comes after a staff presentation describing a reverse‑bid structure intended to let the city recoup much of the money it spent acquiring the property. City staff said the site contains roughly 4,000,000 cubic yards of marketable material; at $1 per cubic yard that could generate several million dollars over the life of the project. The bidder requested up to 10 years to complete operations, acknowledging the timeline will depend on…
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