Gonzales Pass Ribbon Cutting & Highway 77: Closed Now, Safer Later

November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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State Pulls $12 Million From Hwy. 60

September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

by Ted Lake  teddlake@yahoo.com

 

   Building a four-mile passing lane on U.S. 60 between the Pinto Valley Mine turnoff and the Top of the World was put on hold last week by the Arizona Department of Transportation because of the lack of  monies from the federal government.  The local Highway 60 work west of Miami, in which $12 million had been budgeted, was among six projects immediately shelved by the state, amounting to a total of $171 million.

In taking the action,  ADOT said in a news release,  “Federal in-actions to solve the nation’s transportation funding  crisis has left the federal highway trust fund out of money.  As a result the Arizona Department of Transportation is placing on hold new projects budgeted to use federal funds.  While Congress is considering a proposed $8 billion dollar, one-year fix to the immediate crisis, long term solutions are vague.”

Other projects stalled include $107 million for widening U.S. 93 near the Hoover Dam, $10 million for the Interstate 17 interchange north of Camp Verde, $30 million for widening Arizona 85 north of Gila Bend, $8 million for widening U.S. 60 in the Wickenberg area, and $4 million in improvements in the Tucson area on Interstates 10 and 19.

Before last week’s announcement, seven bids for the local Hwy. 60 passing lane project had been opened and were being reviewed by the staff of ADOT. Those bids ranged from $9,200, 770 to $12,367,844. The apparent low bidder was Fisher Sand and Gravel Company doing business as Southwest Asphalt Paving in Tempe.  

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Construction Alert!

September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment


Effective 12 p.m. Thursday, August 28, 2008, construction work on O1d State Route 188, Wheatfields, in the area of the Water Treatment Plant, will be complete except for center-line striping. North and south access will be open. Please be careful and obey all current and newly posted traffic signs when traveling in the area. For questions please contact the Gila County Public Works Division at 928•425•3231.

Thank You

Gila County Public Works 

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Highway 60 Passing Lane Bids $9.2 to $12.3 Million

August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Highway 60 Passing Lane Bids $9.2 to $12.3 Million

 by Ted Lake        teddlake@yahoo.com


 Bids for building  a four-mile passing lane project on U.S. 60 west of the Pinto Valley Mine turn off  ranged from $9.2 million to more than $12.36 million.  Seven firms submitted bids for the local highway work which were opened last Friday (August 8) by officials of the Arizona Department of Transportation in Phoenix.  All of the bids are now being reviewed by state officials.

They were as follows:

• $9,200,770 Fisher Sand and Gravel Company doing business as Southwest Asphalt Paving in Tempe

• $9,377,896 Meridian Engineering Company of Tucson

• $9,999,848 Fann Contracting, Inc in Prescott

• $10,023,486 S.J. Louis Construction, Inc of Phoenix

• $10,040,085 Rummel Construction, Inc, from Scottsdale

•  $10,247,226  FNF Construction, Inc in Tempe

• $12,367,844 Royden Construction Company from Phoenix

Estimated cost by the Arizona Department of Transportation for the Hwy. 60 project was figured at $9,464,738.  The state  budgeted $12,131,000 for the new passing lane. This proposed work calls for adding an east bound climbing lane  from milepost 236.13 to milepost 240.04 between the the Pinto Valley mine and the Top of the World.  The state agency says the time allowed for the completion of this work would be 290 working days.     

 

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$12 Million US 60 Project Moves Forward

July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  by Ted Lake     teddlake@yahoo.com

 

Officials of the Arizona Department of Transportation will be opening bids next month on a new proposed four mile passing lane project to be built in the area of the Top of the World and the turnoff for the Pinto Valley and Carlota Mines on U.S. 60.  Bids are scheduled to be opened in Phoenix on August 8 at 11 a.m before the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Board of Directors.  Some 17 construction companies have received bid pamphlets on the local project. The state agency has budgeted $12,131,000 for this Highway 60 improvement and is calling for its completion in 290 working days.

According to ADOT, the proposed work is in Gila County starting near the Gila/Pinal County line at Milepost 236.13 and extending east along U.S. 60 to milepost 240.04.  The project calls for adding an eastbound climbing lane, milling and replacing existing asphaltic concrete, mitigating rockfall and other related items.

Plans, special provisions, and proposal pamphlets may be purchased from the Contracts and Specifications Section of ADOT, 1651 West Jackson, Room 121 F. Phoenix, Arizona (telephone 602• 712•7221).  The agency says the project is eligible for electronic bidding.

  

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