Project still on track to be done in August Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
The reopening of 397th Avenue south of Mount Vernon took another step forward this week.
The Davison County Commission opened and accepted bids Tuesday in the reconstruction of a key bridge that was washed away in the 2019 flooding. The board voted to move forward with Mitchell-based Menning Backhoe to install a new culvert along 397th Avenue at a bid price of $451,121.
The total cost has previously been estimated at between $470,000 and $505,000.
Davison County Highway Superintendent Rusty Weinberg said he was impressed to have six bidders on the project and using a precast concrete structure helped get more bidders involved, rather than a cast-in-place method, which would be more expensive and specialized.