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Wallsburg receives CDBG update; Main Canyon Road bids due next week
Summary
Town engineer reported the CDBG application is submitted and the project is moving toward contract and environmental clearance; bids are due next week and four prime contractors have picked up plans.
Wallsburg Town Council members received an update June 16 on the Main Canyon Road project and an associated townwide stormwater master plan.
Troy Osler, who discussed the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application and project schedule, said the grant application work is complete and the town is awaiting state contract documents. The council will seek environmental clearance before beginning design work; Osler said the engineering team aims to finish the master plan before the end of the year and advertise the project in winter so construction can start next spring. “Our goal is to have the master plan completed before the end of the year, have the project ready to advertise this winter, and go to work on it first thing in the spring,” Osler told the council.
Osler reported five plan holders on the project so far, including four prime contractors: ACME Construction, Geneva Rock, BHI and Dennis Letter Construction. Bids on the Main Canyon Road project are due a week from Thursday; Osler said some contractors asked whether chip sealing might need to be deferred until the following spring if paving runs late in the season.
Council members gave staff permission to ask the mayor to sign loan/contract documents quickly if the low bid comes in within 10% of the estimate; Osler said the practice would enable the town to award the bid promptly and avoid delays. He also described a small $10,000 grant the town received from the Provo River Watershed Council; the grant uses a reimbursement model and staff recommended holding expenditure on a culvert cover until the master plan identifies final sizing.
Osler said the grant money must be submitted for reimbursement and recommended waiting until the fall to size and install any cover so the installation would not be dug up later for master‑plan design changes. Council members asked staff to coordinate with the state and the watershed council on timing and any additional funding leads.
