By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
The Bucyrus City Board of Control held a bid opening for this year’s mill-and-pave project and that’s exactly what it was – a, as in one, bid opening.
“I thought we would get more bids out,” admitted Service/Safety Director Jeff Wagner said. “I’m kind of disappointed. We thought coming out as early as we did we would get more bids.”
Bucyrus Road Materials was the lone company to submit a bid. The primary bid was for $650,743 which Wagner said was on par with the estimated cost. The bid packet indicted bids were not to exceed $653,000.
An alternate bid of just over $101,500 was also submitted for additional streets if the city determines it has the resources to add those to the list of streets to be worked on.
The areas that are being targeted by the project are:
• Woodlawn Avenue from South Walnut Street to Jones Street;
• East Mansfield Street from East Mary Street to Highland Avenue;
• North Poplar Street from West Mary Street to West Mansfield Street;
• Hill Street from Tiffin Street to Plants Way
• West Mary Street from the Sandusky River bridge to North Poplar Street;
• East Mary Street from North Sandusky Avenue to East Mansfield Street; and
• The alley behind Baker’s Sports Shack.
Should the city come in under budget, sections of Auto Avenue, Penn Avenue, and East Mary Street have also be set aside as alternate projects.
The 2015 Mill and Pave project has a completion date of July 31 in order to coordinate with the ODOT paving of Ohio 98 from the southern corporation line to Charles Street.