Bids awarded for upcoming county road repair projects

Bids were awarded in two upcoming county road projects in Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting.

Only one bid was submitted for an asphalt overlay on approximately 3 miles of County Road 46, from CR 125 to CR 131 east of Gurley. The bid of $1,054,387.50 from Simon Contractors was approved by the board. The 2016-17 budget allotted $1,068,000 for the project.

Three bids were submitted for another budgeted county road project, the construction of a double 12-by-12 reinforced concrete box culvert on CR 109, approximately 1/4 mile south of CR 38.

The first bid came from Simon Contractors for $288...