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Council awards curb-and-gutter contract for Carmen and Frederick intersection
Summary
Orono council approved a roughly $16,000 contract to install curb and gutter at the Carmen and Frederick intersection to address long‑standing stormwater erosion and vehicle encroachment concerns in the Casco neighborhood.
The Orono City Council voted to award a contract to install curb and gutter along the inside radius of the Carmen and Frederick intersection to address recurring erosion and runoff problems.
Public works staff told the council the low bid for the work is about $16,000 and said the installation is part of the city’s annual small stormwater projects fund. "This would be to install that curb and gutter," a public works staff member said, describing prior temporary asphalt curbing that had failed under traffic and snowplows. Council members asked about curb style and parking signs; staff said the project will use a slope‑faced curb similar to nearby sections and that existing no‑parking signs would remain. A motion to award the contract passed by voice vote.
The city framed the work as a targeted, small‑scale project to address a specific problem area rather than a neighborhoodwide conversion to curbed streets; staff said if resources allowed they would prefer to extend curbing more broadly. The contract award was included in the consent agenda and approved with no recorded roll‑call votes.
