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County plans spring roadwork: board authorizes advertising for multiple highway projects
Summary
The board authorized advertising for bids on two full‑depth reclamation projects on County Roads 8 and 9 and a mill‑and‑overlay on Island Lake Road, with combined engineer estimates of about $4.46 million for the first two projects and $61,485 for the Island Lake section.
Coochiching County’s Highway Department won board approval Feb. 11 to advertise for bids on multiple road projects planned for summer construction.
Highway Engineer Trent (surname not specified) presented three project authorizations for advertising: two full‑depth reclamation projects (SAP 036‑608‑025 and SAP 036‑609‑7) on County Roads 8 and 9 near the Little Fork area, and a mill‑and‑overlay (SAP 036‑628‑4) on Island Lake Road where the county shares work with Itasca County. The engineer’s combined estimate for the two County Road reclamation projects was slightly over $4.4 million (about $4.4M total, with roughly $40,000 estimated for the short County Road 8 quarter‑mile completion and roughly $4.2M for County Road 9). The Island Lake project estimate was $61,484.65.
Staff told the board engineering and inspection plans are largely complete; bids are expected to be advertised in roughly two weeks and construction scheduled for the 2025 season. Commissioners authorized the county to proceed with advertising and will return to the board when bids are opened.
