Henrico awards sewer, water and stream-restoration contracts and accepts two roads into county system

Henrico County supervisors on Feb. 11 approved construction contracts for water and sewer extensions, a stream-restoration project, and accepted two roads into the county-maintained system.

The board awarded a fixed-price contract to RDS Utilities Inc. for $1,854,804 to construct an 8-inch gravity sewer and a 12-inch water line in the Bridal District. County staff said the work will allow connection of 15 additional customers to water and 22 customers to sewer. The procurement received multiple bids and staff characterized the result as competitive.

Separately, the board awarded a unit-price contract of $665,147 to KBS Earthworks for the Wilder Middle School Stream Restoration Project in the Fairfield District. Staff said the project will restore approximately 710 linear feet of stream and reported that, with this project, the county will be about 95% complete on phosphorus removal and 87% complete on nitrogen removal under its permits.

The board also accepted two roads in the Tuckahoe District into the county system: Donald Street, improved from a gravel surface, and a roughly 0.64-mile section of Forest Avenue between Broad Street and a private connector (recorded in the board paper as formerly private). Staff said improvements brought those roads up to county right-of-way and maintenance standards.

All three contract awards and the road-acceptance resolution were moved and seconded during the meeting and approved by voice vote. Staff did not provide a detailed construction schedule in the hearing; standard construction oversight, permitting and inspection processes were described as the implementation path.

The county manager and public-works staff answered supervisor questions about bid competitiveness and prior contractor performance. For Wilder Middle School, staff noted KBS had completed similar local restoration work and performed well on prior projects.