Monday evening the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety ratified the bid award for the 2017 Fall Street and Sidewalk program.
Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt told members after the October 9th meeting the four bids were reviewed and it was determined that Walsh and Kelly from South Bend had the lowest bid.
Marquardt said the two projects at the Plymouth Municipal Airport were removed from the project for finance reasons bringing the final total bid to $1,087,421.19. He said the bid was still slightly over the appropriation and grant money available so the City Council would have to approve a resolution to transfer additional funding for the project.
The Board of Public Works and Safety approved the Walsh and Kelly bid contingent upon the City Council’s approval of the transfer resolution at the meeting immediately following the Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.
The City Council approved the transfer of $16,000 in the Motor Vehicle Highway budget from the street material line item within supplies to Street and Alley Improvements in the Capital Outlay budget. $8,000 will be used for paving projects and other $8,000 for survey work on Liberty Street for a 2018 project.
Projects bid in the 2017 Fall projects include:
Jefferson Street from Walnut St. east to the Yellow River Bridge; Plymouth Goshen from Michigan St. to the bridge over the ditch; North St. from Western Avenue to Michigan Street; Western Avenue from the US 30 bridge east to Hoham Drive; Council Drive behind Kroger; Hehr Str. from Stanley to Oak; Stanley from Hehr to Jim Neu; Chester Street from Clinton to Oakhill; Clinton Street from Chester St. to Michigan St.; Ferndale from Liberty to Kingston; Maple St. from Freeman to the dead-end; and Freeman St from Oakhill to the dead-end. These are the projects in the first grouping.
The next group of projects include: LaPorte from Center to Plum; Hope Blvd; Monroe Street from Plum to Walnut; Washington Street from Michigan to Plum; Walnut Street from Monroe to Novelty and Center Street from Monroe to Novelty in the second group of projects.
The final grouping of street projects in the city include: five resurfacing streets in the Oakhill Cemetery; the Amphitheater driveway and parking lot; Hoosier Old Wheels Trail in Centennial Park and the Plymouth Street Department front drive and parking lot.
