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Highway department moves forward on multiple projects; Maywood bridge final payment approved and parking lot repair added to CIP
Summary
The board authorized final payment for the Maywood Township bridge replacement, approved a change order to add highway building parking lot repairs to an existing mill/overlay contract and funded the work from CIP, and heard updates on multiple ongoing road, bridge and paving projects.
County Engineer Chris Byrd updated the board on multiple highway projects, requested formal acceptance and final payment for the Maywood Township bridge replacement, and asked for approval of a change order to add parking lot repairs at the highway building to the contractor—s existing work.
Maywood bridge: The board approved final payment and the release of retainage to Landwehr Construction (contractor name in packet: Landwork/Landauer Construction — contractor identified in board packet) for SAP 005-599-029, a concrete box culvert replacement that replaced a timber bridge closed for safety reasons. Funding for the bridge comes from the town bridge account (highway user tax distribution); the township contributed $20,000 toward the roughly $358,000 project. Chair and staff authorized signature on the final payment documents.
Parking lot repairs at highway building: Byrd asked to add parking lot repairs to an existing county mill/overlay contract with Knife River. That addition would cost $284,360 and include removal of existing bitumen, regrading, fence work and the contractor—s paving work; county crews would do preparatory work. The board approved a change order to add the work and then approved funding the $284,360 from the county—s CIP fund balance.
Ongoing construction updates: Byrd summarized major contracts and timelines: the AR 7 reconstruction work (grading and paving phases) with a contract completion date of Aug. 1 (liquidated damages $3,000 per day after that date), County Road 66 reclaim and overlay (including geogrid placement to mitigate stump migration), mill and overlay projects, bridge repairs (noting an Elk River bridge closure for joint resealing and overlay), forthcoming bid openings for additional bridge replacements (CR 51 and CR 22), and receipt of a DEED energy transition grant reimbursement that restored a January advanced payment of about $680,000.
Why it matters: the Maywood bridge project restored a closed township bridge, CIP funding avoids delaying necessary parking lot repairs, and the highway program remains busy with multiple federally funded bridge projects and pavement overlays.
Ending: Byrd said paving schedules depend on weather and plant availability; the department expects two new plow trucks this month to replace units from 2002.
