County Line Road widening bids in under estimate
Fed pays most of $2.5M with Beavercreek and Kettering splitting rest.
Eight businesses KETTERING — have bid to widen part of County Line Road and all are under Kettering’s estimate of $3.1 million, records show.
Officials want to widen County Line to five lanes from East Dorothy Lane to Vale Drive starting this spring, saying it’s a key corridor for business growth at jobs hub Miami Valley Research Park, which straddles both Kettering and Beavercreek.
Records show an average daily
traffic count of 16,260 vehicles in 2015 is projected to grow to 21,000 by 2035.
Kettering partnered with Beavercreek to analyze traffic patterns for the project that will add a lane in each direction and “ease daily vehicle flow,” Kettering Mayor Don Patterson said recently.
Businesses submitted both base and alternate bids for the work, expected to take about 18 months and impact traffic. Kettering will award the contract based on the lowest alternate bid, records show.
The apparent low alternate bidder was RB Jergens of Vandalia at $2.55 million, according to the city.
Current legislation allows the advertising for bids and awarding of the contract with Kettering expected to finalize a deal in about 30 days, a city official said Monday.
Federal funds will cover about 60% of the project, documents state. The remaining cost will be split 50/50 by Kettering and Beavercreek.
In addition to the road widening, the work will “extend the multi-use path from the edge of the … research park all the way to Dorothy Lane and Stroop Road,” Patterson said.
“Ultimately, this will connect to the recently constructed multi-use path that leads to Indian Riffle Park, the Rob Dyrdek Skate Plaza and the Kettering Recreation Complex,” he added.
The work “is going to have a significant impact on traffic,” especially for those with jobs at MVRP who use Interstate 675, Kettering Assistant
City Manager Steve Bergstresser said earlier this year.
Traffic lanes will be maintained in both directions for residential areas and businesses along the route, Kettering officials said Monday.
Kettering and Beavercreek have been coordinating the work with the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and the Ohio Department of Transportation, records show.
Both cities see the widening as benefiting jobs at the research park, which state officials recently called key real estate for military-related contractors at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.