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County awards $963,246 Safe Routes contract for Pleasant Glade Elementary pedestrian improvements

3411927 · May 20, 2025

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Summary

The board awarded a $963,246 contract to Sterling Green Crushing to build roughly one‑third mile of sidewalk and a bike lane near Pleasant Glade Elementary as part of a WSDOT Safe Routes to School grant; the county will provide 10% local match.

Thurston County commissioners voted May 20 to award a $963,246.39 contract to Sterling Green Crushing of Centralia to construct pedestrian and bicycle improvements near Pleasant Glade Elementary School.

County staff described the project as part of the Washington State Department of Transportation Safe Routes to Schools program and said the work will install about one‑third of a mile of sidewalk and a bicycle lane on Abernathy between Pleasant Glade Elementary School and 15th Avenue, add street lighting, school flashers, stormwater management, and improved ADA sidewalk ramps. Staff stated a Safe Routes to Schools grant will fund 90 percent of the $963,246.39 cost and that the remaining 10 percent will come from the County Road Fund.

The contract award authorizes the director of Public Works to execute the contract and to approve change orders only for unforeseen conditions, up to 10 percent contingency ($96,325), for an aggregate not‑to‑exceed of $1,059,571. The motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.