The Starke County Commissioners were given updates on the chip sealing project going on by the Highway Department during their meeting last week.
Starke County Highway Superintendent Dan Dipert informed commissioners, 43 miles of chip seal is almost complete as they have two and a half miles to go. In a follow up with Superintendent Dipert, he told WKVI News that the two and a half miles was completed at the end of last week and the project is finished.
In a previous meeting it was announced that Starke County had received $1,000,000 for this chip seal project from INDOT’s Community Crossings Matching Grant Program. With expected match money that comes from the county’s CEDIT fund, it was announced there will be enough funds to cover all costs of this project.
In a previous meeting, Central Paving Inc. out of Logansport was chosen by the commissioners out of two total bids. Central Paving’s approved bid was the lowest and came in at $1,071,899.25.
