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Board awards State Trunk Highway 16 water‑main crossing bid after higher-than-expected rock excavation costs
Summary
The Onalaska Board of Public Works awarded a bid to install a water main crossing under State Trunk Highway 16 after bids exceeded prior estimates because of unexpected rock excavation and added traffic-control and restoration costs; the board approved using $200,000 from the water CIP fund balance to cover the shortfall.
The Onalaska Board of Public Works and Utilities voted unanimously May 6 to accept staff’s recommendation and award the State Trunk Highway 16 water‑main crossing contract after bids came in materially higher than earlier estimates.
City engineer staff told the board that two firms bid the project and the apparent low bid was roughly $547,096, higher than the staff estimate of about $475,000. Engineers said unforeseen rock excavations at the Highway 16 base, additional traffic control, more…
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