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After several years in the works, state bids for the landscaping project on Highway 95 between Mesquite Boulevard and Swanson Avenue may finally be on the way.
July 18, the Arizona Department of Transportation approved an increase of $144,000 for the landscaping project between Mesquite and Swanson, bringing the total to $644,000.
Lake Havasu City Public Works Director Mark Clark said the bids could go out before the end of the month. ADOT will advertise the bids for around three months, Clark said. Once a bid is accepted, landscaping work could start as early as this fall.
“It will be fairly in-depth landscaping on both sides of the highway,” Clark said. “We are very happy they elected to give an increase.”
Clark said ADOT did not feel they would be able to secure a bid with the original allocation of $500,000. They felt the $144,000 was essential for the project.
This is the first of three grant requests made by the local ADOT.
A second grant has been approved for landscaping north of Mesquite up to South Palo Verde Boulevard. The grant has an initial allocation of $500,000, similar to the amount allotted for the landscaping along Mesquite and Swanson. Clark said ADOT has not moved forward to begin the process of bidding for the second grant yet. It is not yet known if ADOT will approve an increase of the amount of the second grant to beyond $500,000.
ADOT has submitted a request for a third grant, but no action has been taken. The third grant would allow for landscaping for the area south of Mulberry Street on SR95 for about a mile.
“The third grant has not been awarded,” Clark said. “We expect to hear something in the next few months.”
No word has been given on who might bid for the project yet, but bids will only be accepted from landscapers outside of Lake Havasu City.
The landscaping project along SR95 somewhat ties in with the city’s plan for beautification of the area that includes downtown, the English Village and London Bridge Beach Park.
“It all accentuates this central core area,” Clark said.
You may contact the reporter at twaggoner@havasunews.com.
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CGH wrote on Jul 25, 2008 6:25 PM:
Clark says "we are very happy they elected to give an increase". Count me out on the "we" part of this.
I agree landscaping would be great but not at this time with the economy in the dump. Redirecting the funding towards something/anything that will reduce the tax burden on all citizens of Arizone should have been done.
Once again the government train steams ahead while the citizens are forced to maintain the tracks.
There is a project scoping and planning phase for government funded projects. This was a combined effort between the city and the state. It could have been made a part of the contract documents to either negotiate with or confine the bids to a contractor located within the county and/or the city limits. The city and state could have made this a requirement to bid on the work. Meeting bonding requirements for a project of this dollar amount is not hard and some of the local contractors would have no problem acquiring the bond in order to perform the work. The city would have to drive this through but obviously Clark doesn't care as long as he gets his gabion baskets. "