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A significant road construction project in Monmouth is moving forward. A bid of $1,203,826 was approved by the Monmouth City Council on Monday night from Brandt Construction out of Milan to improve about 40 blocks of city streets in the Maple City. City Administrator Lew Steinbrecher tells WGIL that the work will include making some of the sidewalks compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and improving drainage problems. "Some locations will require some drain improvements as well as sidewalk improvements, particularly the ADA handicap accessible ramps from the street to the sidewalk," Steinbrecher told WGIL on Tuesday. Steinbrecher adds that the work requires additional approvals from the Illinois Department of Transportation because it is using motor fuel tax money. He says the hope is work starts in November and would wrap up by early next year. "We don't think we're going to get that approval until the end of October. Hoping that the weather ....
The Monmouth City Council on Monday approved a few engineering agreements for the airport. City Administrator Lew Steinbrecher tells WGIL that Hanson Engineering, the city's airport engineering firm, has been retained by the city to help with the preparation of the Airport Layout Plan and a five-year Capital Improvement Plan. Aldermen approved a $33,457 engineering agreement with Hanson for the addition of a paved "apron" that will help transport plans from the rear side of the hanger to the tarmac. "So we entered into a professional services agreement with Hanson to do the design and bidding on that as well as construction and inspection of that," Steinbrecher told WGIL on Tuesday. "That engineering work plus the actual cost of the construction of the apron around back are all 90 percent reimbursable with federal aviation funds." Also approved was an engineering agreement with Hanson for $39,000 to engineer a new main entrance and parking lot at th ....
April 21, 2021 The Monmouth City Council on Monday approved a bid for the reconstruction of the airport hangar that burned down in 2019. Aldermen in the Maple City were given a presentation by Jeff Olson with Hutchinson Engineering. Olson told the council that the bids were opened Friday at noon to which there were six bidders. The lowest bid came in from Litteken (Construction out of Breese, Illinois. “What we’re seeing is an average price of just over a million dollars in all other bids and Littekin came in at 14 percent below that at $871,635. This is over our original estimate.” Olson explained to the council that since the original estimates were old, they didn’t take into account the changes in building material costs, specifically steel. ....
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