DAPHNE – The city of Daphne will be resurfacing more roads than in the past with more than 50 projects planned for the upcoming year.
The Daphne City Council voted Monday, July 19, to approve the municipal street resurfacing plan for the 2021-22 fiscal year. John G. Walton Construction was the lowest bidder, according to the resolution.
Councilman Ron Scott said the city plans to do more in the upcoming year than in the past and that residents may have to wait while some work, such as painting stripes, is completed.
“In the past, we’ve tried to do around $1 million,” Scott said. “This year, we’re doing $1.4 million in resurfacing and, also, when they do these resurfacing projects, there’s a little lag between the time they do the resurfacing and the time they get them striped. They explained to me that the asphalt needs to cure a little bit. So, just be patient and they will get them striped.”
The plan includes 44 projects on the base bid proposal for almost $1.05 million. The city also approved an additional alternate bid proposal with another 14 projects at a cost of $355,118.
The most expensive individual project on the list was milling and paving Country Club Drive at a cost of $90,715.40, paving the north loop of Montclair Loop at a cost of $87,222 and an alternate plan project to pave the south loop of Montclair Loop at a cost of $68,056.
The least expensive individual project on the list was paving Adair Circle at a cost of $6,736, followed by the paving of North Buena Vista Circle for $7,176 and South Buena Vista Circle at a cost of $7,134.
The city had budgeted $1 million for street resurfacing. The council voted to appropriate another $400,208 from the General Fund budget to pay for the additional work.
The city is also seeking federal financial assistance for an additional project to resurface Baldwin County 64 from U.S. 98 to Baldwin County 13.
The council voted to approve a resolution authorizing the city to approve a preliminary engineering and construction agreement for a federal aid project with the Alabama Department of Transportation.
The proposal also calls for intersection improvements at Baldwin County 64 and Pollard Road.
