Pennington County accepted recommendations from the highway superintendent on Nov. 18 to award contracts for four bridge‑preservation projects and to adopt updated road‑management rules.

Highway Superintendent Joe Miller told commissioners that combined low bids for the four bridge projects came in well under the engineer’s estimate, with the combined low bids roughly $563,351 beneath an approximate $1.8 million engineer estimate and a combined contract total around $1.3 million. The board moved and approved transmitting the award recommendations to the listed contractors.

Miller also proposed amending the county’s spring‑thaw (load) resolution to set a compromise gross‑vehicle‑weight limit of 96,500 pounds to balance seasonal road protection with local hauling needs; commissioners approved the resolution.

On local traffic controls, the board approved a resolution to set the speed limit on a 0.94‑mile segment of Antelope Creek Road at 35 mph and adopted revised speed‑zone limits on segments of South Rockford Road (including a 35‑mph zone near houses and 50‑mph zones elsewhere) following staff traffic analysis.

What's next: Highway will proceed with contract administration and state grant reimbursement processes, and the spring‑load and speed‑limit changes will be enforced per county policy.

Provenance: Bridge bids and awards (Joe Miller, SEG 1916–1959); spring-load amendment and vote (SEG 1964–2001); Antelope Creek and South Rockford speed-limit resolutions and approvals (SEG 2003–2072).