Carroll County awards nearly $3.7 million road contract to Norris Asphalt

Carroll County supervisors voted to award a bundled contract for three secondary-road projects to Norris Asphalt Paving after bids from five contractors were opened and found competitive.

County staff described the three projects as: 140th Street from Highway 71 to Ivy (approximately three miles), 150th Street from Highway 71 to Quail (plus seven-tenths of a mile south to a stop sign), and a three-mile segment of M-66 south of Manning. Staff said the projects were let together to encourage more competitive pricing.

Zach, who presented the secondary-roads update and the bid tab, reported that the low bid from Norris Asphalt totaled just under $3,700,000 for the three projects. He told supervisors two of the projects would be funded using farm-to-market funds and one would be funded with local funds; the local-funded portion was listed in the bid tab around $1,211,000. He also said contractors had reported they prefer working in Carroll County and that bids there were comparatively low.

Supervisors moved to award the contract to Norris and then approved resolution 2025-006, which authorizes the county engineer to execute the contract electronically through the county's document-signing system. The board approved the contract award by voice vote and passed the resolution by roll call; the roll call on resolution 2025-006 recorded yes votes from Anderson, Hausman, Johnson, Miners and McCray.

Staff said construction timing would depend on weather and the contractor's schedule and that work could occur between late spring and fall. The board was told work would be paid by line item per section of road as shown in the bid tab, and the presentation included a line-item bid tab in the packet.

Supervisors also heard that the DOT has multiple related projects planned in the county this season, including slurry and scrub-seal work on other routes and several concrete box and bridge projects in upcoming DOT lettings.