By Tim Schmidt Record Managing Editor The Warren County Commission plans to pave five gravel roads this summer and resurface five others. Roads that will be converted from gravel to asphalt include …
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Record Managing EditorThe Warren County Commission plans to pave five gravel roads this summer and resurface five others.Roads that will be converted from gravel to asphalt include Pendleton Lost Creek Road between Lost Creek Road and Highway E, Hickory Lick Road between the Warrenton city limits and North Hickory Lick, South Rock Church Road, and Glen and Ranch roads.The county plans to overlay the following roads: Scenic Ridge Road, Rebecca Lane, Mill Road and streets in Treloar and Holstein.The commission last week voted to award the contract for the paving projects to Chester Bross Construction. The Hannibal-based company submitted a bid for $1,021,724.15, the lowest of five received.Other bids were submitted by Krupp Construction ($1,103,130.80), Mid River Asphalt ($1,186,883.74), Pace Construction ($1,201,842.25) and Byrne & Jones Construction ($1,428,507.45).The road improvements are expected to start sometime after July 1 and be completed by Aug. 31, according to the bid notice. Approximately 11 miles of county roads will be upgraded.“I think the bids came in real well for the amount we’re doing,” Southern District Hubie Kluesner said. “The major concern is weather.”Commissioners still need to obtain a few more easements on some of the roads, but are optimistic those will come through. Northern District Commissioner Dan Hampson noted signed easements are received almost daily.The roads that are being converted from gravel to asphalt will be funded through a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in February 2008. Seventy percent of sales tax receipts go toward road maintenance, while the remaining 30 percent is allocated for capital improvements.In this year’s budget, the county projected to receive $981,260 in sales tax revenue to be use toward the paving work. Commissioners said they have been pleased with how the annual paving projects have gone since voters approved the sales tax extension.“I think it’s going well,” Kluesner said. “We’re working our road crews hard to stay ahead of it.”Pavement
