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Single bid of $1.59 million for county road rehabilitation draws questions; commissioners consider rebid
Summary
The county opened bids for a local road rehabilitation project (referred to in the meeting as the “blue project”) and received one base bid for $1,589,859. Commissioners said the amount exceeded their expectations and a state funding limit cited in the discussion; they discussed contacting additional contractors and possibly rebidding.
Brown County officials opened bids for a road rehabilitation project (referred to in the meeting as the “blue project”) and received a single base bid for $1,589,859. Commissioners said that amount exceeded earlier engineer expectations and noted a state program limit discussed in the meeting that would not cover the full cost.
A commissioner said the engineer’s earlier estimate had been about $1,300,000; the sole base bid received was $1,589,859, with additional line items for apron work, graveling and ditch…
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