With bids in hand and assessment hearings completed the city
council ordered the project and awarded the contract for paving the gravel
portions of Winter Trail and Scenic Overlook this summer. This was accomplished at the March City
Council meeting.
Both of these roadways were partially paved. The goal was to pave the gravel portions of
these roadways. In doing so, the project
will also correct some drainage issues.
The current paved portions of the streets have a pavement width of 20
feet. Our current standard for a local
road is 22 feet. Making a portion of the
roadway wider didn’t make a lot of sense.
It would have required the current gravel base to be widened to provide
for the additional width of the pavement.
Doing so would have required the reconstruction of the road beds as
adding materials to both sides of the road would not have provided a
satisfactory base. Paving the
roadway as a continued 20 foot wide street was the most practical and economical
approach and what will be accomplished.
Bids were received on January 28th from 4
bidders. They included Tri-City Asphalt,
Anderson Brothers, DeChantel Excavating, and Pratts Affordable Excavating. The bids ranged from a high bid of
$119,040.00 to a low bid of $95,495.85. The low bid was received from DeChantel Excavating
of Brainerd. The schedule for
construction hasn’t been determined as of yet but it is assumed the project
will start when weather permits.
Completion of the contract, including restoration and seeding, is to be
accomplished no later than the end of September.
These improvements were assessed to abutting property
owners. With the work on the two streets
having different requirements the costs for each were different. For Scenic Overlook the assessment amount is
$3,550.35 per lot. For Winter Trail the
amount is $4,734.16 per lot. These costs
were assessed over a period of 15 years at a rate of 4.25%.
We look forward to seeing additional streets in Breezy Point
paved with improved drainage. Not only
do they look nice they function better for residents and users.
