July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Boundary project to start soon (10/18/07)
By By RACHELLE HAUGHN-
After 10 years of planning, negotiating and delays, work on a major street project in Portland is set to begin in four to six weeks.
A contract has been awarded for the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project, which has been in the works since Maxine Lewis was the city's mayor. An Indiana Department of Transportation grant to fund most of the project was awarded to the city in 1998. Lewis was mayor from 1993 to 2000.
INDOT officials opened bids Wednesday morning and selected the lowest of the four bids - a $5.1 million bid from Brooks Construction Company Inc., Fort Wayne.
Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier, who took office in 2004, is happy to see the project moving along. "Quite frankly it feels like a real burden (has been) lifted off your shoulders," he said this morning. Construction is expected to take 12 to 14 months to complete, he said.
The project will start at Water and Wayne streets. It will go south on Wayne Street to Boundary Pike, then southeast on Boundary Pike to the city limits. The project includes extensive sewer and storm drain work, the creation of new curbs and sidewalks and the installation of new streetlights. The sanitary and storm sewers will be separated, water mains will be replaced and new driveway approaches will be created.
The project is designed to improve safety, aesthetics and drainage along Boundary Pike and Wayne Street.
Hosier said property owners will have access to their land during the construction. Most of the delays in the project have been because of right of way negotiations.
The highest bid opened Wednesday was a $5,416,619.51 bid from Beaty Construction Inc., Boggstown. Also, Jutte Excavating Inc., Fort Recovery, submitted a bid of $5,358,978.02, and LICA Construction, Berne, submitted a bid of $5,146,240.05. The chosen bid, which was submitted by Brooks Construction, was $5,136,160.20.
Hosier said he and Jeff Harker, street and park department superintendent, attended the bid opening. The mayor said he and Harker were happy that the bids came in lower than what the project's engineers had estimated, which was $5,570,000. "From the city of Portland's standpoint, that's very pleasing to see," he said.
INDOT is funding up to 80 percent of the project, with the city responsible for the remaining costs. The remaining 20 percent will come from the city's utility, street department and cumulative capital improvement and development funds. A project coordination contract submitted to the city last month, said INDOT would pay no more than $5,166,647. Bonar Group, the company doing the engineering work for the project, is being paid more than $386,000.
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A contract has been awarded for the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project, which has been in the works since Maxine Lewis was the city's mayor. An Indiana Department of Transportation grant to fund most of the project was awarded to the city in 1998. Lewis was mayor from 1993 to 2000.
INDOT officials opened bids Wednesday morning and selected the lowest of the four bids - a $5.1 million bid from Brooks Construction Company Inc., Fort Wayne.
Portland Mayor Bruce Hosier, who took office in 2004, is happy to see the project moving along. "Quite frankly it feels like a real burden (has been) lifted off your shoulders," he said this morning. Construction is expected to take 12 to 14 months to complete, he said.
The project will start at Water and Wayne streets. It will go south on Wayne Street to Boundary Pike, then southeast on Boundary Pike to the city limits. The project includes extensive sewer and storm drain work, the creation of new curbs and sidewalks and the installation of new streetlights. The sanitary and storm sewers will be separated, water mains will be replaced and new driveway approaches will be created.
The project is designed to improve safety, aesthetics and drainage along Boundary Pike and Wayne Street.
Hosier said property owners will have access to their land during the construction. Most of the delays in the project have been because of right of way negotiations.
The highest bid opened Wednesday was a $5,416,619.51 bid from Beaty Construction Inc., Boggstown. Also, Jutte Excavating Inc., Fort Recovery, submitted a bid of $5,358,978.02, and LICA Construction, Berne, submitted a bid of $5,146,240.05. The chosen bid, which was submitted by Brooks Construction, was $5,136,160.20.
Hosier said he and Jeff Harker, street and park department superintendent, attended the bid opening. The mayor said he and Harker were happy that the bids came in lower than what the project's engineers had estimated, which was $5,570,000. "From the city of Portland's standpoint, that's very pleasing to see," he said.
INDOT is funding up to 80 percent of the project, with the city responsible for the remaining costs. The remaining 20 percent will come from the city's utility, street department and cumulative capital improvement and development funds. A project coordination contract submitted to the city last month, said INDOT would pay no more than $5,166,647. Bonar Group, the company doing the engineering work for the project, is being paid more than $386,000.
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