Two improvement projects in Holtville opening for bids
HOLTVILLE — Two improvement projects within the city have been funded and will now be placed out for bids.
The Holtville City Council on Monday unanimously approved to open the bidding process for the Ninth Street Sidewalk and Orchard Road Improvements projects.
Advertisements calling for bids will be placed in the near future.
The city received the authorization to proceed with the construction phase for both projects on Oct. 5.
Neither of these projects will have a fiscal impact to the city’s general fund.
Ninth Street Sidewalk
The Ninth Street Sidewalk project will build a sidewalk along the north side of Ninth, from Beale to Ash avenues.
A 6-inch curb and gutter will also be installed along the new interior sidewalk edge.
“The project is essentially to make a sidewalk on the north side of Ninth Street across the street from the middle school,” the city’s planner Jeorge Galvan said.
The city said this area of Ninth tends to draw in pedestrian foot traffic, as it is just north of an open-field park and Holtville Middle School.
The north side of Ninth currently is dirt and gravel.
New asphalt rubber hot mix pavement will be placed in the native earth area between the current pavement and new sidewalk.
The estimated cost of construction is expected to be $374,000, a city staff report stated.
For this project, the city received a grant of $331,000 from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program.
A local match of $43,000 was made through the city’s Measure D/Local Transportation Authority account.
Orchard Road Improvements
The Orchard Road Improvements project will rehabilitate Orchard, from the Alamo River Bridge to Fourth Street.
This section of Orchard is 567 lineal feet of roadway, a city staff report stated.
“It is mainly a pavement rehab project, but there is a sidewalk,” Galvan said.
As part of this project, a new sidewalk will be installed on the east side of this section.
Orchard is the only roadway into Holtville from the south, and experiences heavy semi-trailer truck traffic, the city said.
The estimated cost of construction for this project is $448,000.
The city received $396,000 in grant funding from the Surface Transportation Block Grant and the State-Local Partnership program.
To complete the estimated cost of construction, the city provided a local match of $52,000, also through its Measure D/LTA account.