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Madera County approves $49.8 million construction contract and $10.2 million management contract for SR‑41 expressway widening
Summary
The board unanimously approved contracts to widen State Route 41 between Avenue 10½ and north of Avenue 15: a $49,782,108.50 construction award to Yarb's Grading and Paving and a $10,177,398.34 contract for construction management, with work expected to start in late May 2026 and finish in about two years.
Madera County approved two contracts on April 7 to move forward with the long‑planned State Route 41 Expressway widening, awarding the $49,782,108.50 construction contract to Yarb’s Grading and Paving and a $10,177,398.34 agreement for construction management, inspection, surveying and materials testing.
“This is the single largest public works project ever sponsored by Madera County,” Public Works Director Dominic Tyberski said during a presentation that outlined the project’s scope, schedule and funding. The work will widen SR‑41 to four lanes from roughly Avenue 10½ to 0.4 miles north of Avenue 15, add a new Avenue 11 overpass, widen the Avenue 12 intersection and extend the lateral 6.2 box culvert. Tyberski said construction is expected to begin in late May or early June and last about 24 months.
Tyberski told the board that the engineer’s estimate had been roughly $72 million but the construction bid came in at about $49.7 million. He said funding will come from a mix of road impact fees, federal discretionary grants (including about $2 million in congressional discretionary funding) and a TIFIA loan the county intends to repay using tax increments from three Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (Riverwalk, Tesoro and Riverstone).
Tyberski said the construction management contract includes surveying, testing and inspection work that must occur regularly during construction. “That is a good value for the county,” he said of the $10.18 million agreement.
Supervisors praised staff for advancing a project that has been in planning for more than a decade. Chair McCully and other board members approved both contracts by roll call vote, each passing 4‑0.
The county authorized contingency payments up to 10% of the construction award per county policy and intends to coordinate the SR‑41 work with ongoing Avenue 12 improvements to reduce overlap and impacts.
Next step: staff will execute the contracts and, if appropriate, issue the notice to proceed so construction can begin as scheduled.
