{"id":17694,"date":"2024-07-15T16:32:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T20:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17694"},"modified":"2024-07-15T16:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T20:32:39","slug":"five-points-project-gets-green-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/five-points-project-gets-green-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Points project gets green light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A giant green light was flashing today for the Five Points Project in Decatur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After accepting bids last week for the work which will convert Five Points into Decatur’s and Adams County’s first traffic roundabout, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) on Friday awarded a contract to E&B Paving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three contractors bid on the project with E&B’s bid of $2,493,109 the lowest of the three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleming Excavating of Decatur bid $2,623,181 and 3D Company of Muncie bid $3,659,942.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E&B bid was under the engineer’s estimate for the project, which means that Decatur’s share of the cost is under budget as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INDOT, through federal funding, will cover 80% of the total cost. Decatur’s 20% match will amount to $498,621.80 \u2013 which is less than the amount the city budgeted for its share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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City officials were quite pleased that the money they had budgeted for the 20% match was more than sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project has been in the works for over seven years,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord told WZBD.com. \u201cI’m excited to see it come in under budget and under the engineer’s estimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were told this is a very good bid and that we’d be crazy not to take it,\u201d city Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert said local officials will get together with INDOT and E&B representatives to work out a schedule for the project, but he expects that the now-closed Sunoco gas station on one of the Five Points corners will be taken down first to be certain nothing will be uncovered that might delay construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of E&B’s locations is on S. Thomas Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company was founded in 1967 in Muncie by Jack Euratte and Richard Bedwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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