CARTHAGE, Mo. —
Construction will begin soon on seven road and culvert improvement projects recently approved by the Jasper County Commission.
Five contractors submitted bids on the project, and Snyder Construction Co. was the low bidder at a cost of $1,062,491.
“We’ve met on some of the individual projects, but we still have to have the pre-construction conference to talk about all of them,” said Jim Honey, Eastern District associate county commissioner.
Among the larger projects are improvements on Maverick Road north of Oronogo, County Road 270 near Carl Junction and Maple Road east of Carthage, Honey said.
The Maverick Road project, to cost $135,400, will straighten the road and improve the intersection at County Road 230.
Another project will straighten a curve in County Road 270 north of Ivy Road near Carl Junction, at a cost of approximately $131,000.
Improvements to cost nearly $114,000 are scheduled for Maple Road east of County Road 70 to include installation of concrete culvert on Maple Road to replace existing metal culverts, Honey said.
“That’s close to Andrews Seed Company and there are a lot of big trucks using that road,” Honey said.
Other projects are scheduled for:
• County Road 10 south of Oak Road, where culverts will be installed to address flooding problems during heavy rains.
• The intersection of Sumac Road at County Road 150, to widen the intersection to handle heavy trucks and farm equipment.
• North Madison north of the Webb City High School, to widen the road and install culverts.
• Nutmeg Road east of County Road 250, culvert replacement.
Other projects
The contract is in addition to another series of road improvement projects awarded earlier with Branco Construction Co., Neosho, at a cost of just over $400,000.
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