A $110,045 contract has been awarded for construction on a 212-foot bridge on the Cleburne County section of the Chief Ladiga Trail.
Cleburne County commissioners voted Monday night to award the contract to Trussville-based Bob Smith Construction Inc., which will begin work following final approval by the Alabama Department of Transportation.
Once approved, the company will have 60 days to complete the project, Cleburne County Engineer Shannon Robbins said.
That will give them a little bit of allowance for weather problems, he said.
County commissioners also voted to advertise for bids for paving 4.5 miles of the 9-mile trail.
Bids for that project are due Sept. 11, and work is expected to be under way in October.
The remaining 4.5 miles will be bid in early 2007, Robbins said.
In June, Coca-Cola donated $100,000 to help pave the remaining eight miles of the trail in Cleburne County, a project that will connect it to the Silver Comet Trail in Georgia.
Half of the grant will pay for a gateway park, equipped with bicycle racks, pay phones, picnic tables, restrooms, a sheltered pavilion and maps and brochures for tourists.
The grant is part of $500,000 Coca-Cola awarded to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that works to transform abandoned railroad lines into walking trails and greenways.
Cleburne County has secured more than $600,000 from the Alabama Department of Transportation for its portion of the Chief Ladiga Trail project. It received $250,000 to surface four miles along the west end of the trail, and $386,400 to complete the trails eastern section, including the dilapidated bridge, Robbins said.
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Cleburne County commissioners voted Monday night to award the contract to Trussville-based Bob Smith Construction Inc., which will begin work following final approval by the Alabama Department of Transportation.
Once approved, the company will have 60 days to complete the project, Cleburne County Engineer Shannon Robbins said.
That will give them a little bit of allowance for weather problems, he said.
County commissioners also voted to advertise for bids for paving 4.5 miles of the 9-mile trail.
Bids for that project are due Sept. 11, and work is expected to be under way in October.
The remaining 4.5 miles will be bid in early 2007, Robbins said.
In June, Coca-Cola donated $100,000 to help pave the remaining eight miles of the trail in Cleburne County, a project that will connect it to the Silver Comet Trail in Georgia.
Half of the grant will pay for a gateway park, equipped with bicycle racks, pay phones, picnic tables, restrooms, a sheltered pavilion and maps and brochures for tourists.
The grant is part of $500,000 Coca-Cola awarded to the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that works to transform abandoned railroad lines into walking trails and greenways.
Cleburne County has secured more than $600,000 from the Alabama Department of Transportation for its portion of the Chief Ladiga Trail project. It received $250,000 to surface four miles along the west end of the trail, and $386,400 to complete the trails eastern section, including the dilapidated bridge, Robbins said.
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Matt Kasper covers Jacksonville and Piedmont for The Star.
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