Low bidder announced for storm sewer project
Pompei and Sons of Bentleyville was the apparent low bidder to install 1,147 feet of storm sewer line and inlets along Penn Street in Uniontown with a bid of $119,267. The Uniontown Redevelopment Authority opened eight bids Tuesday for the project aimed creating separate sanitary and storm sewer lines in the city, where sewage and storm water flow through the same pipes to the Greater Uniontown Joint Sewage Plant.
The highest bid was $182,930 from D & M Contracting of New Alexandria.
Authority Executive Director William Long said he will review the bids with Fayette Engineering Co., the project engineer, and then recommend one for approval to the authority board at its Oct. 1 meeting.
He said the authority’s approval will be a conditional award pending final approval from city council, which is meeting that night.
Along with the pipe and inlets, the project also includes construction of a gabion retaining wall along Redstone Creek.
When awarded, the contract will require the contractor to start working on Oct. 15 and finish the project by Nov. 15.
Funding for the project will come from the 2002 Community Development Block Grant. Long said $90,000 was allocated for the work, but council and the authority will have to add to the original allocation.