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County staff recommends $7.26 million low bid for South Cloverdale–Comfor intersection project
Summary
Public Works reported a low, responsible bid of $7,256,372.86 from Jefferies Construction for the South Cloverdale Road–Comfor intersection improvement; funding will come from a mix of STP, CRAB, ARPA and county road funds and the project will likely pause over winter for fish-window timing.
Susan Eugenis, Cowlitz County engineer, told the Board that Public Works received six bids for the joint South Cloverdale Road–Comfor intersection improvement project and that the lowest responsible bidder was Jefferies Construction LLC at $7,256,372.86. Eugenis said that figure is about $1 million less than the engineer’s estimate and that the first four bids were within $400,000 of each other.
Eugenis explained the bid includes a City of Kalama waterline relocation component of just over $510,000; after that allocation the county’s roadwork portion is about $6,746,127. She said the project will be funded through a mix of Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding ($2,400,000, $400,000 of which will go to the waterline relocation), County Road Administration Board (CRAB) funds ($1,250,000) and approximately $2.3 million in ARPA funds, with roughly $1.2 million coming from the county road fund.
Work is expected to start this summer, Eugenis said, but the contract will likely require a suspension during winter because two large culverts cannot be completed within the fish-conservation window given lead times on materials. Because STP funding goes through WSDOT, staff said the project award also requires WSDOT concurrence, which has been obtained.
Eugenis noted the project has been in development for a decade and said benefits include improved sight distance on Comfor Road, curve realignment, reconstruction to 12-foot lanes with shoulders, and reduced congestion for routes used when Interstate 5 has incidents.
The project and contract award were presented as a staff recommendation for the board’s agenda; the board had not taken final action on the award at the meeting recorded in the transcript.
