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Council authorizes town administrator to execute completion agreement; surety will finish Mount Hope drainage project
Summary
After the prime contractor failed and entered bankruptcy, the council approved a tender and completion agreement with the surety and a replacement contractor to finish the Mount Hope Avenue drainage project, moving existing budgeted funds through the surety to pay subcontractors and the successor contractor.
Bristol Town Council approved July 23 a tender and completion agreement between the town, Western Surety Company (the surety), and Vinagro Materials LLC to complete unfinished punch‑list items on the Mount Hope Avenue drainage improvement project. The original contractor, New England Building & Bridge (as reported), failed to complete all surface items and later went bankrupt, triggering the town’s bond claim.
Town staff said the underground drainage work was largely successful and functional, but inspectors rejected some asphalt and catch basin levels that did not meet contract specifications. Western Surety will step in and contract with Vinagro Materials to finish the remaining surface work; Vinagro must post its own payment bond. The town will use the funds already budgeted for the project; there is no additional cost to the town beyond the original appropriation.
Councilors also authorized the town administrator to execute the agreement and any related documents to complete the work and ensure subcontractors who were unpaid by the original contractor are paid through the surety process. The completion date in the agreement was moved from Aug. 15 to Oct. 1 to allow the successor contractor sufficient time to finish the remaining items.
