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Commissioners approve two T-SPLOST dirt-road paving design contracts totaling about $1.4 million
Summary
The board approved not-to-exceed design contracts with Kimley-Horn ($554,900) for Batch 1 and American Engineers ($860,544) for Batch 2 of FY25 dirt-road paving projects, both funded by T-SPLOST. Commissioners discussed aggressive schedules, large right-of-way needs and additional task orders for final design.
Brad Deal, county engineer, told the board he organized FY25 dirt-road paving into two batches to speed delivery and improve efficiency and asked commissioners to approve design task orders for both batches funded by T-SPLOST.
"We were gonna consult out the right of way as well because I think we're looking at somewhere around 200 property owners on this batch of roads," Deal said, describing Batch 1 and the compressed schedule. He said Batch 1 includes Floyd Clark Road, Deer Run Court/Lane and Prather Road (about 0.8 mile) and Grimshaw Road/Lane; the Kimley-Horn contract covers preliminary design tasks in a not-to-exceed amount of $554,900, with additional task orders expected for final design after right-of-way resolution.
For Batch 2, which covers another cluster of roughly seven roads including RL Lee Road, JR Parker Road, Schumann Road and a Lakeside-Estates grouping, staff recommended American Engineers Inc. in a not-to-exceed amount of $860,544. Deal said firms were selected through a qualifications-based process, that proposals included technical approaches and staffing commitments, and that right-of-way acquisition will be consulted out because of the large number of property owners.
County Manager (interim) and CFO told commissioners that available T-SPLOST funds could cover the contracts and that unused funds from earlier, slower projects allowed a more aggressive schedule this year. Commissioners praised the approach as a way to accelerate delivery of roads that previously took years to advance.
The board voted to approve both contracts; motions passed on unanimous voice votes.
