Source: Councilman Terry Nall’s Newsletter
On September 22, City Council approved the back-up construction bid to complete the Roberts Drive sidewalk from Aurora Court to the northern city limits. The original low-bid contractor, Summit Construction, was approved in July, but subsequently failed to post its required payment and performance bonds. The back-up contractor with the second lowest bid is Ed Castro Landscapes. I expect construction to begin as soon as new contractor posts the required bonds.
The delay for this long-awaited sidewalk segment has been unfortunate. However, my thought is that the original low bidder’s bonds failure potentially may have averted a less than satisfactory work product in the end.
This project delivers on our objective to have sidewalks on both sides of walk-to-school routes, as it will provide safe pedestrian access to Austin Elementary on the west side of Roberts Drive from our northern city limits.
Sidewalks for Mt. Vernon Way, Hensley Drive, and Peachford Road will have design work and other project issues completed and bid for construction later in 2014.