ONTARIO — The City of Ontario could spend less than anticipated to repave its entire portion of Lexington-Springmill Road.
The city has accepted bids and intends to soon award its contract for the project that stretches from the Buckeye Village Apartments to the intersection of Lexington-Springmill and Park Avenue, according to Service Safety Director Jeff Wilson.
At Wednesday’s city council meeting, Wilson said the “successful bidder” was Kokosing Construction Company with a bid of $1.569 million.
“I’m happy to report, the bid came in quite a bit lower than the engineer’s estimate,” Wilson said.
Early estimates from the city engineer showed repaving all of Lexington-Springmill would cost $1.9 million, or three years worth of the Ontario’s street repair budget. Typically, $600,000 to $700,000 is allotted for street repair, according to finance committee chairperson Dan Zeiter.
Reserve funds will supplement the project in 2019, and the streets’ budget for 2020 and 2021 will be funneled into the reserve account to replace the money advanced. This means other road repairs will be limited over the next three years, but with a bid of $1.569 million, it’s possible the city could devote two-full years of its street repair budget and only a small portion of its third year.
Wilson anticipated that the contract would soon be awarded. A pre-construction meeting will determine the timeline.
“Our goal is to maybe get it done this spring,” Hutchinson said. “But with them, it depends on how much other repair work they have. Right now, we don’t have a start date.”
The contract will place a deadline of Sept. 15 for project completion.
The majority of the work, Hutchinson said, will be done at night, as to avoid traffic problems during the daylight.
He said the project could be completed in as little as a month.
