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Saint Charles agrees to locally fund Prairie Street resurfacing after IDOT delay
Summary
The Government Services Committee recommended using local funds to proceed with Prairie Street resurfacing this construction season after IDOT declined to award a federally funded contract to the low bidder and the contractor agreed to honor March bid prices; the committee approved a motion to fund the project locally.
The Government Services Committee voted to recommend that the City Council fund the Prairie Street resurfacing project with local funds after the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) declined to award federally funded contracts to the apparent low bidder and the project’s timeline was put in doubt.
City engineering staff told the committee the resurfacing contract between Randall Road and 13th Street had been bid in March and Builders Asphalt was the low responsive bidder. IDOT, which administers the federal STP LAPO grant that was to cover roughly 75% of the work, declined to award contracts for projects involving Builders Asphalt while it conducts an internal review tied to a lawsuit; IDOT would not comment further, staff said. The city was…
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