City OKs $596K street resurfacing contract

The Milton City Council has approved a resurfacing and reconstruction contract valued at $596,771 for two city streets.

Blount Construction Co. Inc., of Marietta, was awarded the Public Works Department contract for the reconstruction and overlay of New Providence Road, from Arnold Mill Road (Ga. 140) to Ranchette Road; and for the resurfacing and patching of Ranchette, from New Providence to Arnold Mill.

Blount had submitted the lowest of four bids for the work, staff said in a report to the council. According to city bid documents, work is to begin within 10 days of the notice to proceed and be completed by Dec. 31. in Sandy Springs, the ChatComm 911 emergency call center serving Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Dunwoody and Brookhaven.

According to a Sandy Springs staff memo to the council, the Legislature took action because currently, “the collection of 9-1-1 fees and surcharges is a mixed bag with little consistency in the amounts, and more importantly, where those fees are remitted. Despite the intended purpose, these 9-1-1 fees are often being routed to unrelated and possibly non-public safety services.”