BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Brooks Construction Co., slowed by recent weather conditions, is expected to start the latest Decatur street repaving project on Saturday.
City Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert told city council at its Tuesday meeting that the Fort Wayne firm will get the project underway by upgrading handicap ramps around the city.
Weather has been a problem of late, Gilbert said, so Brooks is going to work Saturday to try to get back on schedule.
When the ramp work is completed, likely a little beyond the middle of August, the next step will be milling (removing the top layer) the streets to be repaved.
Barring further weather delays, the asphalt will start going down around the first of September “when we should see a lot of disruption around town,” Gilbert noted.
A state Community Crossings grant is funding the major portion of the project.
The grant amounts to $810,508.10. The city is providing a match of some $253,300 (which was budgeted), boosting total funds available for the work to over $1 million: $1,013,135.12.
Brooks won the project with a low bid of $886,747.
Following are the streets to be paved this year via the CC grant (more could be added):
1) Adams street from 3rd to 13th
2) 5th from Monroe to 2nd
3) Waters Edge addition
4) Elm Street from Winchester to Grant
5) 7th St from Adams to Monroe
6) Meibers St. from 5th to the railroad
City funds will be used to repave two parking lots and one alley, plus two streets, to be done by Brooks (more could be added):
1) City parking lot behind 2 Brothers
2) Parking lot at Riverside Center
3) Fremont Lane
4) 5th St from Adams to Monroe
5) Alley behind Legion park from Elm St to Stevenson St
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