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Capital Improvement Board lists 10 funding allocations including $927,793 trail resurfacing
Summary
Councilman Al Salinas summarized 10 funding allocations approved by the Capital Improvement Board on Aug. 4, including a $927,793 Erie Lake Ojana Trail resurfacing contract and two $300,000 pavement/sidewalk programs.
Councilman Al Salinas recapped 10 funding allocations approved by the Capital Improvement Board at its Aug. 4 meeting, delivering the summary to the full Hammond City Council on Aug. 11.
The allocations reported included engineering and construction contracts ranging from routine stump removal to major trail resurfacing. The largest single line item reported was a $927,793 contract to Milestone Contractors for resurfacing of the Erie Lake Ojana Trail; the board’s share of that project was listed as $253,907.38.
Other allocations Salinas reported included two $300,000 programs: the 2025 sidewalk program awarded to JJ Newell Concrete and the 2025 crack-sealing program awarded to a site services contractor. Additional awards included:
- Geotechnical services for Fire Station No. 7 design: $8,460 - Relocation of street lighting on Kennedy at U.S. 20: $32,147.75 to Hawk Enterprises - Design of 160th Street segments (First Group Engineering): $92,300 - Clark Field sewer redesign: $16,343 to Niece Engineering - Kennedy Avenue road-diet stump removal (Howard and Sons): $2,250 - Pavement markings and signs on Northcott at River Drive: $13,375 to High Star Traffic - Construction engineering for Area Lake Kawana Trail resurfacing: $45,000
Salinas said the sidewalk program is principally funded in response to residential complaints and is intended to address trip hazards.
The report was delivered as a committee recap; no additional council action on these allocations was recorded at the Aug. 11 meeting.
Ending: The council accepted the committee report; members did not vote on the individual allocations during the Aug. 11 meeting.
