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Alamosa County approves SLV Airport apron rehab; board adds $1.43 million project to agenda
Summary
The Alamosa County Board approved a federally funded commercial-apron rehabilitation project at San Luis Valley Airport, awarding the construction bid to Oldcastle Southwest Group and approving a $1,433,365 overall project expenditure; commissioners debated adding a drainage scope (+~$8,000 local share) before approving.
The Alamosa County Board of Commissioners voted May 28 to award construction of the San Luis Valley (SLV) Airport commercial-apron rehabilitation to Oldcastle Southwest Group and to approve the overall project expenditure of $1,433,365.
The board approved the bid after Wolpert project staff and airport leadership explained that only one qualified bid was received. Airport staff said the contractor’s initial bid of about $1,261,136 was negotiated down to $1,157,086 for the construction contract; the larger $1,433,365 figure discussed at the meeting represents the total project cost when design and administrative expenses are included.
"We were able to get the contractor to reduce the total cost by about…
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