At a special meeting on Wednesday, March 20, the Board of County Commissioners signed contract agreements with ODOT for a paving project on Simpson Road and various safety striping projects.
Completing this paperwork was another step in the process of moving these projects to bid. The striping is for seven areas of roadway including parts of Kelly, Simmons, two areas of Charter Oak, Western, Penn and Broadway. The paving will cover one mile of Simpson from Sooner to Coltrane.
ODOT will conduct a letting in May for the striping and in June for Simpson. Pavement markings are federally funded 100% through the Surface Transportation Program (STP) administered by ACOG. The county, however, must provide a 20% match for the paving project. Estimated costs for the twelve miles of pavement markings are $70,000. Projected costs for Simpson are $340,000. The county’s portion will be approximately $68,000 and funding from the County Bridge and Road Improvement (CBRI) program will be used to provide this.
Other activities this week included patching areas of Broadway in preparation for Atlas Paving Company to overlay three miles from Waterloo to Simpson. The patch work was complicated by the fact that the asphalt companies on the District 1 bid list are not making product due to temporary closure. This meant road crew had to drive to Oklahoma City to get patching material. In cold weather it is a challenge to get the asphalt back before it cools and hardens beyond
usability.
The crew will also be patching and preparing 1/2 mile of Charter Oak east of Santa Fe in preparation for an asphalt overlay. Atlas Paving will perform this work as well. Charter Oak between Santa Fe and Kelly is one of the areas scheduled for safety striping.
If you have questions about these projects or others, you are welcome to call the District 1 office at 282-3581.
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