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Century Set To Pave 5 Streets Piggybacked On Escambia Contract
December 7, 2010
The ride down several Century streets will be improving — the Town Council voted Monday night to resurface five streets.
The town will resurface Freedom Road, the portion of Old Flomaton Road in the city limits, Hecker Road, Elm Street and Hilltop Road. The streets were the top five on the town’s priority list.
The resurfacing project will cost the town just over $181,000 by piggybacking on an Escambia County contract with Roads, Inc. Of Northwest Florida.
“It is not necessary to go out to bids,” Century Mayor Freddie McCall said, because Escambia County has already obtained the lowest contract price. “You wouldn’t get a price like this if you bid it yourself.”
There will be about a dozen roads remaining to be paved on the town’s priority list. Five of them — West Cottage Street, Academy Street, Pleasant Hill Road, Ramar Street and Lake Street — are all short or dead end streets. The remaining are dirt roads that will require extensive drainage work prior to surfacing.
The start date for the resurfacing project is still to be determined.
NorthEsambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Century Set To Pave 5 Streets Piggybacked On Escambia Contract”
wish they would pave Cedar Tree Lane..not half..but all of it..bull that they don’t have permission from everyone on the street….
I understand the costs involved when it comes to road work and resurfacing. We lived in a private subdivision owning the roads (not county owned) on 2.7 miles of road with no drainage issues each property owner had to put out $2,200.00. This was the after 5 bids and 5 months of research.
So way to go Century and Flomaton—–what improves our town and saves money is always a good thing. A+ when it comes to making Century and Flomaton better looking for potential investors and making things better for all.
Some people just don’t understand that this stuff is bought in bulk. If they are piggybacking off the county contract, there is no way the town of Century could purchase enough material to get the price break they can. I”m sure if you wanted to look at the bidding process for the county you could look it up. I”ve worked with companies all over the united states that do the same thing. It’s a pretty expensive operation to start up an asphalt plant.
Of course you don’t need to get bids….it’s Roads, Inc. After all…..
we believe you …..no need to see if someone could really beat their bid……
and I’m sure there is nothing in it that would even resemble kick backs!