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Lancaster County approves bridge replacement, paving and pavement-preservation contracts
Summary
The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners voted June 9 to award contracts and design agreements to address bridges rated poor and to pave and rejuvenate county roads; the board discussed bid variances from engineer estimates and authorized fund transfers for the paving project.
Lancaster County commissioners on June 9 approved a set of infrastructure-related contracts to replace and remove aging bridges, pave a multi-mile stretch of county road and carry out pavement rejuvenation work.
Pam Dingman, Lancaster County engineer, said bridge X084 is rated "poor on our system" and recommended awarding a contract to JJK Construction LLC to replace X084 and remove C262. Dingman told the board the low bidder for that project was about $60,000 over the county engineer’s estimate; the exact contract amount as read in the meeting transcript was garbled and is recorded as not specified here.
Dingman also reported that the paving contract for Pine Lake Road from South 112th Street to South 148th Street received two bids, with the low bid roughly $400,000 under the engineer’s estimate. Commissioners approved the Pavers Incorporated contract and discussed transferring funds from the county highway fund to the bridge and special road fund to finance the projects.
The board approved a pavement rejuvenation contract intended to extend the life of asphalt surfaces; the meeting transcript shows a numeric string for the contract ceiling that appears garbled and is therefore recorded as not specified in this account. The board also approved a design and permitting agreement with Shemer Associates Inc. for replacement design work on bridge V033, not to exceed $241,812.
Dingman said the county has been systematically identifying bridges on the "poor" list and seeking grant funding and other sources so bridges can be designed and constructed when money becomes available. She noted there were multiple bidders on the bridge package and that the X084 bid was competitive even though it exceeded the engineer’s estimate by about $60,000.
Next steps: County Engineering will execute contracts and begin design and construction scheduling. The board recorded motions to approve the contracts and authorized staff to move budgeted highway funds into the appropriate construction accounts to support the Pine Lake paving project.
Quotes from the meeting: "This is one of our bridges that is rated poor on our system," said Pam Dingman. "It came in $60,000 over the engineer's estimate, but still a really good price for this bridge."
