Council awards sidewalk contract to Wiregrass Construction; engineer outlines full-repair plan for Delville Avenue patch

The Enterprise City Council voted May 5 to award a federally funded TAP sidewalk contract and heard detailed engineering plans to remediate roadway damage on Delville Avenue stemming from a separate utility project.

In old business the council approved staff's recommendation to award the Bellwood Road / George C. Wallace Drive TAP sidewalk contract to Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc. for $654,958.10, subject to Alabama Department of Transportation concurrence. Staff noted the low bid was well under earlier engineering estimates and said ALDOT has concurred with the recommendation.

Separately, Public Works Director Barry Mott and consulting engineer Glenn Morgan reported that while the TAP sidewalk work is essentially closed out, a concurrent waterline project introduced pavement disturbances requiring additional repair. Morgan described a 500-foot-long linear patch on Delville Avenue that the contractor initially attempted to remedy but whose work was found unsatisfactory. The engineer said the proposed solution is to mill out the full damaged lane (about 11 feet wide) and repave the entire section, a remediation expected to be performed by a subcontractor with work targeted around June 1. Staff said funds remain in the water project budget to cover the remediation and that the water main project has not yet been closed out until punch-list items are corrected.

Council members expressed frustration that the project has taken longer than expected but commended staff and the consulting engineer for pursuing a permanent fix and pledged continued oversight until final acceptance.

The council's award and the engineer's remediation plan were both approved or accepted during the May 5 meeting; staff said they will continue to hold contractors to remaining punch-list obligations until the projects meet city standards.