Traveling conditions will soon become smoother in a section of northwestern Mount Airy due to the awarding of a contract totaling nearly $300,000.
This will involve the resurfacing of 15 streets located off U.S. 52-North in the Fancy Gap Road area.
Those streets include Essex Lane, Guiness Lane, Ridgeview Drive, Daiquiri Lane, Quail Trail, Meadowlark Road, Cardinal Lane, Kiser Street, Willis Road, Blossom Drive, Boxwood Lane, Olive Street, Chatham Road, Lee Street and Westwood Drive.
Five area companies submitted bids for the job, with the lowest offer of $287,858 coming from Adams Construction Co. of Jefferson.
This narrowly edged proposals from Carl Rose and Sons of Elkin, Sowers Construction Co. of Mount Airy and Tri-County Paving, Jefferson, which ranged from $289,513 to $298,270. The fifth contractor involved, APAC-Atlantic of Winston-Salem, submitted a bid of $373,744.
The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 during a meeting last week to award the contract to the low bidder. Interim Public Works Director Mitch Williams cited Adams Construction’s satisfactory performance on previous resurfacing projects locally and its good working relationship with the city government.
A total allocation of $320,000 was approved by the commissioners, to cover any cost overruns arising from the resurfacing project that will include the placement of about 3,300 tons of asphalt on the affected streets.
The funding involved is included in the 2020-21 municipal budget and is coming from State Street Aid to Municipalities money distributed by the N.C. Department of Transportation — also known as Powell Bill funds.
A total Powell Bill appropriation of $314,061 was announced for Mount Airy last fall.
The city government undertakes the resurfacing of clusters of various streets on a priority basis. The last such project in 2019 targeted ones in the Welch Road area.
Williams pointed out that the upcoming work encompassing the 15 streets represents Year Four of a multi-year repaving plan.
While major local highways such as U.S. 52 or U.S. 601, along with others, are maintained by the state due to being on its transportation system, Mount Airy is responsible for keeping up city-owned roadways within its limits.
That network totals about 75 miles, for which Powell Bill funding is designated.
Powell Bill money comes from the state gas tax and is redistributed to localities based on a formula that includes population and street mileage.
It primarily is used for the resurfacing of streets within the corporate limits of a municipality, but also can help pay for construction, improvements, repairs and maintenance of any street or public thoroughfare.
This includes bridges, drainage systems and curb and gutter needs, along with the planning, construction and maintenance of bikeways, greenways or sidewalks.
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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