Altoona approves contracts for two RISE road projects totaling about $12.5 million
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The Altoona City Council on March 16 voted unanimously to approve plans and award contracts for the 33rd Street NW Extension and the 42nd Street NW Reconstruction RISE projects; the two low bids total about $12.5 million including alternatives.
Altoona’s City Council unanimously approved plans, contracts and awards for two RISE road projects on March 16, moving forward with construction aimed at extending and reconstructing streets in the I-80 Business Park and near the Chichaqua trail.
City Engineer John Dostart told the council that All Star Concrete of Johnston, Iowa submitted the low responsive base bid of $7,408,229.05 for the 33rd Street NW Extension RISE Project and an alternative bid of $901,213.44, for a combined total of $8,309,442.49. The council opened and closed a public hearing on the project with no public comments and adopted resolutions approving plans and authorizing the contract and bond, with the contract award motion recorded as approved subject to legal review.
Dostart reported that Manatt’s of Brooklyn, Iowa submitted the low responsive bid for the 42nd Street NW Reconstruction RISE Project: a base bid of $4,039,147.46 and an alternative of $185,814.00, for a combined $4,224,961.46. The council held a public hearing that drew no comments, approved plans and contract terms, and made the award of the contract; each vote on the 42nd Street items was unanimous.
The 33rd Street project will reconstruct sections of 20th Ave. NW in the I-80 Business Park and Altus subdivisions, extend 20th Ave. NW through a currently agricultural field, and create a new 33rd Street NW connection between 20th Ave. NW and 34th Ave. NW. The 42nd Street work will pave 42nd Street from the city’s east limit near the Robinson site to just west of the Chichaqua trail crossing and included an alternative to extend a sanitary sewer line north from a new lift station under construction to allow for future development.
Councilmembers moved approval of the resolutions with standard conditions that some contracts be finalized following legal review; roll-call votes for the street project resolutions were recorded as unanimous (5-0). The council did not receive public comment during either hearing.
Next steps include contract finalization and coordination of construction schedules; city staff did not provide specific start dates at the meeting.