The Midland City Council has given the green light to a $3.7 million contract for drainage and intersection improvements at State Highway 158 and Sinclair Avenue. With a contingency of $738,342 and an additional $50,000 in project-related items, the total cost of the project amounts to $4.5 million.
Reece Albert Inc., based in San Angelo, Texas, was awarded the contract for the project as per the agenda for the April 9 meeting of the Midland City Council. According to Bobby Wojciechowski, Midland's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Manager, Reece Albert Inc. has a proven track record with the city for executing projects of similar scale and scope.
According to the same council meeting agenda, 104 vendors were invited to bid on this project but only two bids were received. Jones Brothers submitted a bid of $3.83 million for this project.
The agenda further detailed that the project will encompass right-of-way preparation, excavation, embankment construction, subgrade preparation, concrete curb and gutter installation, sidewalks creation, driveways development, valley gutters formation, center drains establishment and rip rap installation. The project also includes constructing concrete structures and installing hot mix asphaltic surface treatment, PVC pipe casings as well as gravity flow sewers for waste water and storm water.
"The project will include the removal, replacement, and installation of existing and proposed storm drain and paving infrastructure and appurtenances including all necessary mobilization, saw‐cutting, pavement removal, excavation, embankment, embedment, backfill, subgrade preparation, flexible base placement, compaction, formwork, pavement placement, sidewalk placement,
concrete joint sealing," according to the scope of work listed in the April 9 meeting agenda of Midland City Council. The scope also covers "erosion control,
traffic control [and] stabilization."