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Todd County awards $5.07 million highway contract and several road-project contracts
Summary
The Todd County Board unanimously awarded a $5,068,251.05 bid to Central Specialties, Inc. for multiple 2026 bituminous highway projects and approved additional contract awards for gravel surfacing, pavement striping and pavement marking totaling several hundred thousand dollars.
Todd County commissioners on April 7 accepted low bids and awarded several public-works contracts for 2026 road and related projects.
The Board awarded the contract for multiple bituminous highway construction projects (SP 077-602-021; SP 077-611-036; SAP 077-648-005; CP 26:98; CP 26:104; CP 77-26-01) to Central Specialties, Inc. of Alexandria, Minnesota, based on their low bid of $5,068,251.05. Commissioners approved the award by unanimous vote.
The Board also awarded gravel surfacing contracts for CP 26:88 and CP 26:93 to Swenson Aggregate Construction, LLC (low bid $178,405); accepted Century Traffic's low bid of $148,344.30 for the HSIP ground-in pavement striping project; and awarded the CP 77-26-03 pavement marking contract to Sir Lines-A-Lot, LLC (low bid $162,700.19). An Engineering Services Agreement from Widseth was approved for the Bridge L9447 Replacement Project at a proposed cost (agreement approved) with authorization for the County Board Chair and Auditor/Treasurer to execute the cooperative agreement with the Minnesota DNR for the Lake Osakis – Battle Point Park water access design agreement as part of broader public-works activity.
All construction contract awards and agreements recorded in the minutes were approved by unanimous vote. The minutes list other bidders and their amounts for transparency; the board record indicates procurement followed sealed-bid procedures and that the county accepted the lowest responsive bids where shown.
Next steps include executing contracts, advancing engineering and design work, and coordinating construction schedules with county staff and contractors. The minutes do not record project start dates or completion timelines.
