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County awards design and construction contracts for Walnut Street/West Hobart Gap roundabout in Livingston
Summary
Essex County awarded engineering and construction contracts to OmSum Engineering and JA Alexander to build a roundabout at Walnut Street and West Hobart Gap Road in Livingston; the engineering contract is federally funded and the construction award was the lowest responsive bid.
Essex County commissioners approved awards for engineering and construction to build a roundabout at Walnut Street and West Hobart Gap Road in Livingston.
The board accepted OmSum Engineering’s proposal for construction engineering and construction support services in an amount that should exceed $254,991; Public Works Director David Antonio told the board the cost will be fully funded with a federal grant. OmSum project manager Dejan (Degan) Patel described the firm as a Piscataway-based minority-owned firm with roughly 60 employees and said the firm will oversee construction engineering tasks.
The board also awarded the construction contract to J.A. Alexander for an amount that should exceed $1,147,967. Frank Massaro of J.A. Alexander described his company as a heavy-construction, union road-work firm based in Bloomfield (the contractor indicated approximately 35% of employees are Essex County residents). Commissioners asked about schedule and impacts: Massaro said a pre-construction meeting would likely occur in about four weeks and estimated construction duration of about six months.
Commissioners and the contractor discussed right-of-way impacts and tree removals. Massaro said the work would use existing county right-of-way and that no private property acquisitions were expected: "No. We're not taking any property," he said when asked if the project would require taking private land. County staff acknowledged some utility relocations and the removal of some trees on one side of the roadway.
The board approved the items as part of the Public Works resolutions; the awards were included in the group motion for agenda items 5–10 and 63 and carried by roll call. County staff said the project is intended to modernize a difficult intersection and to improve safety and traffic flow in an area where residents have sought a permanent fix.
The board received contractor commitments to hire locally where possible and noted the project is being coordinated with Livingston and other parties on traffic management during construction.
