The Starke County Commissioners opened a bid for the Chip Seal Program during their meeting Monday.
In a previous meeting, the commissioners were notified the county had been awarded a 25 percent matching grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation’s (INDOT) Community Crossings Matching Grant (CCMG) Program. At that time, the county had received $1,000,000 for the Chip Seal Program from INDOT.
The first project consisted of chip sealing 45.5 miles throughout Starke County. That project, labeled CCMG 2023-01 was awarded to Central Paving Inc. for having the lowest of two total bids. The $1,071,899.25 bid was approved at a previous meeting and 25 percent was used from the County’s CEDIT fund. The CCMG 2023-01project was completed in September.
Starke County Auditor Rachel Oesterreich told WKVI News, a new project was advertised in efforts to use the remaining balance of the matching grant from INDOT. She stated this new project is CCMG 2023-02 and consists of 15 miles of roads throughout Starke County.
During the commissioner meeting Monday, a single bid was received for CCMG 2023-02. Central Paving was the lone bid and came in at $293,564.65. A motion was made to table the bid. That motion was seconded and passed unanimously by vote. The commissioners plan to discuss this bid at their next meeting.
