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Cowlitz County awards $7.26 million contract for South Cloverdale Road improvements
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners awarded a $7,256,372.86 construction contract to Jefferies Construction LLC to improve roughly three-quarters of a mile of South Cloverdale Road and the Cloverdale–Confer Road intersection, funded by a mix of federal and local sources and a Calama waterline relocation reimbursed by the city of Kalama.
Cowlitz County officials on Tuesday approved a $7,256,372.86 construction contract to widen and realign about three-quarters of a mile of South Cloverdale Road and to improve the Cloverdale–Confer Road intersection.
The award to Jefferies Construction LLC was presented by Susan Eugenis, Cowlitz County engineer, who said the combined project will improve horizontal and vertical curves, widen the roadway and provide four- to six-foot shoulders.
The funding package includes Surface Transportation Program (STP) funds administered by the Washington State Department of Transportation, $1,250,000 from the County Road Administration Board (CRAB), $2,300,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds the commissioners dedicated to the project and roughly $1,240,000 from the county’s local road fund. Eugenis said the project also includes about $500,000 in waterline relocation work to move Kalama’s water system; Kalama will reimburse the county for that portion.
Eugenis said the county solicited bids as a joint project because the two construction elements meet end-to-end; “We received 6. 6 bids, with the lowest, bidder responsible bidder being Jefferies, Construction LLC in an amount of $7,256,372.86,” she said. The county received six bids in total.
Commissioners had no substantive objections during the vote. A motion to approve the bid award passed by voice vote.
Discussion and next steps: staff said the county will administer construction and coordinate reimbursements with Kalama for the water relocations. The presentation noted that the project responds to current and anticipated growth and increased traffic at the Cloverdale–Confer junction.
Details from the meeting: the project footprint includes a short segment where only four-foot shoulders are feasible; the remainder will have six-foot shoulders. Eugenis noted the work was longstanding, and commissioners said the project had been discussed in prior years.
The county did not present a construction start date or an expected completion date during the meeting.
