City awards paving contract

Ken de la Bastide, The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Ind.
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Jun. 14—ANDERSON — Contracts for two projects that came in under the budgeted amount have been approved by the Anderson Board of Public Works.

The board Tuesday approved a contract with Howard Companies for repaving work as part of Anderson receiving $1 million through the state's Community Crossing program.

The city is required to provide $1 million in matching funds.

City engineer Matt House said the estimated cost of the repaving work of 16 streets was $2 million.

Howard Companies submitted a bid of $1,631,159.

House said the work has to be completed by the end of the year.

The board approved a contract with Watson's Excavating in the amount of $203,140 for maintenance work on the Stanley Ditch that runs east to west in the southern part of the city.

House said the estimated cost was $300,000.

He said the Stanley Ditch work be along 38th Street and Madison Avenue and runs through Red Bud Estates and the Meadowbrook Golf Course.

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