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Cole County awards $1.23 million in road contracts for overlays and chip seals
Summary
The Cole County Commission voted to award two contracts for the 2025 asphalt overlay and chip-seal programs — $562,512.13 to Higgins Asphalt Paving and $667,791.15 to Missouri Petroleum — and approved accounts payable pending review.
The Cole County Commission voted Tuesday to award the county’s 2025 asphalt overlay contract to Higgins Asphalt Paving for $562,512.13 and to award the 2025 chip-seal program to Missouri Petroleum for $667,791.15.
The bids were opened earlier this month and the commission’s road staff recommended awarding the overlay to Higgins after citing the company’s recent work on subdivision streets and its status as the low bidder. The overlay package covers County Park Road, North Teal Bottom, all roads listed in the Deer Valley subdivision, and two roads in the Natchez Trace area, including La Charette.
Commissioners also approved a chip-seal contract grouped to…
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