By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Two contractors are going to do the work on the City of Decatur’s Phase 3 of the 13th St. corridor project.
Phase 3 includes signalization and handicap improvements at the intersection of S. 13th St. and Winchester St. Extended, commonly called Reidenbach’s Corner.
Michiana Contracting will revamp the signalization there at a cost of $56,745, while Milestone Contractors will do the sidewalk and ramps work for $109,412.77.
Both quotes were recommended for acceptance by city Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert.
Michiana and Milestone offered quotes for those specific projects, while Brooks Construction gave a combined quote of $262,231 for both projects. The quotes were opened by the city’s board of works and safety at its June 14 meeting.
Those three contractors plus Shambaugh & Sons had previously sent in quotes, but they were rejected by the board due to “discrepancies considered not acceptable.”
Major signalization improvements and new sidewalks were completed last year at the Bollman and S. 13th streets as Phase 2 of the overall project. “And the result of that has been great,” Gilbert noted at the time.
Gilbert said at a previous meeting that Phase 4 is likely to get going “in the next several months.” That will involve extending sidewalks from around Ace Hardware south to the intersection with Winchester St. Extended.
The city’s redevelopment commission is overseeing the project and providing a key portion of the funding. The commission earlier hired Miller Land Surveying of Monroe to determine what would be needed in the way of handicap ramps at the Winchester intersection.
S. 13th St. has seen a big uptick in traffic and pedestrian flow in recent years due to increased housing in the area, along with Walmart.
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