State opens bids on Sixth Avenue paving project

Bayne Hughes, The Decatur Daily, Ala.
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Feb. 26—Wiregrass Construction Co. submitted the low bid of $4.64 million today for the Sixth Avenue/U.S. 31 paving project, according to Alabama Department of Transportation spokesman Seth Burkett.

The state received two bids today at the bid opening for the 5.96-mile paving project that will run from Atkeson Road Southwest to Hudson Memorial Bridge.

Reed Contracting Serving submitted the other bid at $5 million.

The state will award the contract after it reviews the bid documents.

Work could begin as early as spring, Burkett said earlier this week.

— bayne.hughes@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2432. Twitter @DD_BayneHughes.