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Isanti County moves to expand County Road 5 roundabout project after low bids, contingent on state eligibility and ARPA local match

5667112 · July 15, 2025
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Isanti County approved expanding the County Road 5 roundabout project after construction bids came in well below the engineer’s estimate, with added work to be covered by LRIP funds and the county’s ARPA allocation if the state deems the extra scope eligible.

Isanti County on July 1 approved staff’s recommendation to expand the scope of the joint County/City of Isanti County Road 5 roundabout project after construction bids came in significantly below the engineer’s estimate.

"The low bid came at $1,100,000," Justin Bergerson, Isanti County highway engineer, told commissioners, comparing it to the project engineer’s estimate of about $1.6 million. Bergerson and the city engineer reviewed items that had been omitted for budget reasons and identified roughly $496,859 in additional work that…

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