Seligman to spend $77K on street repairs
November 25, 2014
Charlea Mills
The Seligman City Council approved $77,800 in street repairs that will be completed in the spring at their November council meeting. The two roads that will receive much-needed attention are Blockage Village South and Ross Road.
Both streets will be repaired by Hutchens Construction, who won the bid on each of the jobs. The Ross Road bid was $23,000, and Hutchens won the contract out of three bidders. Blockade Village South will be $54,800, and Hutchens won out of five bidders. Both projects will be completed in the spring when the weather warms up.
Ross Road is the least complicated of the projects, a 900 foot section of the road will receive an asphalt overlay. Brian Nichols, City Clerk for Seligman, said that they will also reblade the ditch.
Village Blockade South will be a much bigger endeavor due to how the road was initially constructed. Village Blockade South and north are two manufactured parks. During the early 2000’s, the developer turned the blockades over to the city. Nichols said that the roads were not built properly in the first place, and now they have been washed out and need serious repairs.
The Hutchens’ bid will mean the roads will be rebuilt and double chipped and sealed. Nichols said that eventually, Village Blockade North will receive the same treatment. However, the council opted to start with Blockade South since almost all of the lots are sold. Blockade South has 17 occupants, while Blockade North only has one.
Nichols said that the repairs had to happen. He said, “We’ve gone through a lot of cold mix and trying to maintain that road was impossible. They just cut a lot of corners when they built it.”
The funding for the road repairs will come out of the City’s street account. Currently, Nichols said that the account has $168,000. They budget for around $75,000 coming in each year. The street money comes from 1/2 cent sales tax in the city, around 37 percent of the real estate tax received, and motor fuel tax. In 2013, $36,000 came from the 1/2 cent sales tax, $30,872 came from motor fuel sales, and around $6,600 came from the real estate.
Nichols said that the last major road repair that the City completed was in 2011 when paving work was done on East Roller Ridge.
Charlea Mills
The Seligman City Council approved $77,800 in street repairs that will be completed in the spring at their November council meeting. The two roads that will receive much-needed attention are Blockage Village South and Ross Road.
Both streets will be repaired by Hutchens Construction, who won the bid on each of the jobs. The Ross Road bid was $23,000, and Hutchens won the contract out of three bidders. Blockade Village South will be $54,800, and Hutchens won out of five bidders. Both projects will be completed in the spring when the weather warms up.
Ross Road is the least complicated of the projects, a 900 foot section of the road will receive an asphalt overlay. Brian Nichols, City Clerk for Seligman, said that they will also reblade the ditch.
Village Blockade South will be a much bigger endeavor due to how the road was initially constructed. Village Blockade South and north are two manufactured parks. During the early 2000’s, the developer turned the blockades over to the city. Nichols said that the roads were not built properly in the first place, and now they have been washed out and need serious repairs.
The Hutchens’ bid will mean the roads will be rebuilt and double chipped and sealed. Nichols said that eventually, Village Blockade North will receive the same treatment. However, the council opted to start with Blockade South since almost all of the lots are sold. Blockade South has 17 occupants, while Blockade North only has one.
Nichols said that the repairs had to happen. He said, “We’ve gone through a lot of cold mix and trying to maintain that road was impossible. They just cut a lot of corners when they built it.”
The funding for the road repairs will come out of the City’s street account. Currently, Nichols said that the account has $168,000. They budget for around $75,000 coming in each year. The street money comes from 1/2 cent sales tax in the city, around 37 percent of the real estate tax received, and motor fuel tax. In 2013, $36,000 came from the 1/2 cent sales tax, $30,872 came from motor fuel sales, and around $6,600 came from the real estate.
Nichols said that the last major road repair that the City completed was in 2011 when paving work was done on East Roller Ridge.
