Columbus has awarded the Fourth Street reconstruction project to the low bidder for a contract of almost $1.89 million.
The Columbus Board of Works approved a bid award to Milestone Contractors for the project. Assistant city engineer Andrew Beckort said at a previous meeting that the company’s bid was $1,888,508.15. The city also received bids from Dave O’Mara Contractor, Inc and All-Star Paving — $1,982,416 and $2,722,737.49, respectively.
The work is coming in at a higher price than previously expected. City Engineer Dave Hayward said in late October that officials hoped the locally-funded project might be about $1.5 million but added that “estimates are just a guess.”
The work includes a water main from Franklin Street to Lafayette Avenue and “full street reconstruction” from Lafayette to California Street.
“We need to put in storm sewers, city utilities needs to put new water mains in that area (Franklin to California),” Hayward said in October. “The water mains, they believe, have lead connections, so we need to get rid of those. And by the time we dig up the street for the water main and the storm sewer, we’ve pretty much destroyed the whole street. So we are planning to reconstruct that.”
According to the engineering department’s specifications for bidders, the project’s scope of work includes water main installation, water services, storm sewer, curbs, sidewalks, ADA ramps and asphalt pavement. The project is to be completed by Aug. 4, 2022.
