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 U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander makes a point in August 2008 during an inspection of the new railroad overpass which makes the new State Route 437 possible. From left are Walt Wood of Shelbyville and Bedford County Chamber of Commerce; Bedford County Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman; Alexander; Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright; State Sen. Jim Tracy and State Rep. Curt Cobb. (T-G File Photo by John I. Carney) [Click to enlarge] [Order this photo] |
The Fayetteville firm had a low bid of $14,283,873, according to information released by TDOT. The estimate TDOT gave for the project was $16,164,696.
According to TDOT spokesperson B.J. Doughty, there were problems with the bids announced in May due to "an issue with the quantity of construction items" and the project was re-let this month.
Wright Paving Contractors Inc. had turned in a bid of $18,369,873 during the May bid letting, but dropped its offer to the $14.2 million figure in the June bid letting.
"We went from last to first," Tommy Wright, owner of Wright Paving, said of the TDOT bids.
Rogers Group Inc. came in second with a bid of $14,320,705 while Wright Brothers Construction Company Inc. had a bid of $14,383,139 at third place.
Wright said his company will be getting roughly $5 million from the bid, with George Thomas and Associates of LaVergne doing the grading work and Brown Builders of Springfield constructing a box culvert at the bridge at U.S. 231.
Doughty said that it would be a month to six weeks before any activity will be seen with the project. In the meantime, the contract and work orders will be completed, as well as pre-construction meetings.
The Shelbyville bypass is just one of the 119 road projects in 64 counties throughout the state to be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
It will wrap around the city's northeastern quadrant from U.S. 231 north of Shelbyville to U.S. 41-A east of town, and is one of 246 so-called "ready to go" projects that TDOT listed on its web site last December.
Wright that the stimulus package has really helped his company, because without the bypass project, he was close to having to let employees go.
"This is keeping people we've already got with a job," Wright said.
Wright said pre-construction meeting will be held "as quickly as possible."
Wright Paving also won two other contracts in the latest TDOT bids -- a $3.1 million dollar contract to resurface a section of Interstate 24 in Coffee County and a $286,000 bid for work on an intersection on U.S. 64 in Lincoln County.
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Nice to see something tangible come out of the stimulus act. We actually get a worthwhile project that saves local jobs and where the money doesn't just disappear into another government black hole full of knuckleheads who got us in this mess to start with. Most of the people who will be working on this project feed their families in our area, send their kids to our schools, and attend our local churches and other local activities. So, hopefully, we get a continuing economic bump from the project. Good luck to all involved!
Cool, now since I too am unemployed, I can sell sandwiches on my property line while they shove overburden to Butler creek and jam up the livestock water source. I can see all the cans and garbage floating by me now.
This is awesome.. Just curious, when is the widening of North Main going to happen?