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Commissioners award $863,130 asphalt paving contract for Burma Road project
Summary
Saline County accepted a single bid from APAC Kansas for asphalt overlay, milling and aggregate shoulder work on Burma Road and approved funding adjustments to cover the contract.
Saline County commissioners on June 10 accepted a bid from APAC Kansas and approved funding adjustments to pay for an asphalt overlay, milling and shoulder work on Burma Road, a project estimated at $863,129.90.
Justin Mader, Saline County engineer, told the commission that the county received one bid for the 2025 asphalt paving, milling and aggregate shoulder contract. The project will overlay Burma Road from Smolin south to Salemsburg, with additional work through several curves to improve superelevation and safety. Mader said the bid represents a 3.6% reduction from last year’s prices.
Mader outlined funding sources for the contract. He said the county’s contractual asphalt line has a current balance of $2.6 million but that roughly $300,000 is retained as cash carryover, leaving about $2.3 million for projects. Of that, he said about $1.8 million has been committed to crack-seal and chip-seal work, leaving about $500,000 available. To fully fund the 2025 paving program, Mader asked to use $400,000 from account 127 (special highway improvements), $281,281.29 from a federal fund exchange program, and $249,770.44 from the landfill impact fund (account 440), the latter funds provided by the city under an agreement that carries no strict location requirement.
Mader explained the use of landfill-impact funds is typically directed to roads that serve the landfill, such as Burma, Waterwell and Crawford roads. He also described milling that will take place through the Smolin community to avoid raising the road profile and to address steep slopes at shoulders. Commissioners asked questions about timing and whether traffic would face lane closures; Mader said work must be completed by Nov. 1 and that pilot-car flagging operations are expected during paving.
A commissioner moved to approve RFA 2025-78 as presented; the motion passed on a voice vote. Mader said the project’s schedule avoids wheat harvest and will generally proceed after harvest activities conclude.
