Alamo City Council Accepts Bids for Road Resurfacing and Waterway Clean-up

The Alamo City Council accepted bids to resurface multiple city roads and to clear debris from the local waterway during their monthly meeting on Sept. 15 in the Alamo City Hall.

The council received four bids for their TIA project to resurface a 0.238 miles long section of South Jefferson Street between US 280 and Third Street, a 0.166 miles long section of Pearl Avenue between SR 126 and North Broad Street and a 0.083 miles long section Magnolia Lane between Second Street and Maple Drive.

Sikes Brothers Incorporated submitted a $235,568.25 bid, The Scruggs Company submitted a $279,677 bid, McLendon Enterprises Incorporated submitted a $219,522.50 bid and East Coast Asphalt LLC submitted a $198,575 bid. The Council opted to accept East Coast Asphalt’s bid, as it was the lowest.

According to the bid, $120,050 of the project funds will be dedicated to South Jefferson Street, $47,240 to Pearl Avenue and $31,285 to Magnolia Lane. Work is mandated to begin within 120 days of the bid’s acceptance, though no official start date has been announced.

The council also received four bids to clean five local tributaries of debris, including tributaries at Oxford Street, Commerce Street, Second Avenue, US Highway 280 and Little Rock Road. 

“The city of Alamo has a waterway that runs through it, and that waterway got a bunch of debris and storm damage,” said Alamo City Manager Jeffery Floyd. 

Rocking S. Services LLC offered a $96,600 bid, Horner Services offered a $68,450 bid and C&N Enterprises LLC offered a $57,500 bid. The Council opted to accept C&N Enterprises’ bid, as it was the lowest. 

According to the bid proposal, the project will allocate $5,000 to the tributary on Oxford Street, $20,000 to the tributary on Commerce Street, $10,000 to the tributary on Second Avenue, $10,000 on US Highway 280 and $12,500 to the tributary on Little Rock Road.

According to Floyd, the project will be paid with funds granted to Alamo from the Georgia  Department of Natural Resources, who also provided specifications for the cleaning.

Grant funds for the ongoing East Side Park renovation project were moved from the general fund to a dedicated project account. According to Alamo Mayor Pamela Lee, the funds are meant to reimburse the county for costs on the park renovation.

The council also discussed using TIA funds to pave Alamo Cemetery on Townes Avenue.

“We actually have two cemeteries in town; we have a cemetery over on Pine Street…, then we have one over on Townes Avenue, which is totally dirt, and it’s been that way forever, as long as I can remember,” said Alamo Mayor Lee. “We’re going to get that paid from TIA.”

For upcoming events, the council decided to set the annual Trunk-or-Treat event on Friday, Oct. 31, at the local walking track from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The city government will encourage local businesses to participate in the event.

The city will also enter a float into the Sept. 25 homecoming parade, held at 4 p.m.