By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
The environmental inspection at the site of the former gas station at Five Points came up clean, which means that won’t slow this spring’s work on the installation of a roundabout.
And that also means a savings for the city.
Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert gave city council the good news at a recent meeting as council approved a change order on the project.
The clean environmental report also provides “a substantial savings,” Gilbert added. There was a cost of $25,000 to get all the water out of the hole where the gas tank was located, but a large amount built into the contract for a possible cleanup wasn’t needed, resulting in an $80,000 savings.
“So we are still well under budget,” he added.
Gilbert noted that INDOT (Indiana Department of Transportation) officials “have been studying the project real hard and everything looks good … but you never know” what could crop up.
The contract was awarded by INDOT to E&B Paving, a Muncie firm, which had the low bid of $2,493,109. Decatur’s match is 20% of the final cost.
The roundabout will be the first one in Decatur and Adams County.
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