BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling over $67 million at its June 28, public bid opening, according to Gov. Kathleen Blanco and DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.

With a bid of $27,479,245.31, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, was the apparent low bidder on the state’s most expensive job, a project in East Baton Rouge Parish calling for grading, drainage structures, class II base course, lime treatment, Portland cement concrete pavement, superpave, pavement patching, traffic signalization and related work on Perkins Road (La. 427) from Essen Lane to Siegen Lane.

Other projects by parish(es), description, apparent low bidder and bid are as follows:

Ascension, St. James – Grading, cold planing, class II base course, superpave and related work on La. 22 from I-10 to La. 70, and La. 70 at La. 3125, F.G. Sullivan Jr. Contractor LLC, Baton Rouge, $1,248,923.28.

Assumption – Grading, class II base course, superpave, bridge superstructure and substructure and related work on the Lee Drive Bridge over Bayou Pierre Part, Coastal Bridge Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $594,290.05.

Caddo – Grading, lime treatment, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, Portland cement concrete pavement, sanitary sewer work, water service and related work on La. 1 (Youree Drive) from Sand Beach Boulevard to Southfield Road, Best-Yet Builders LLC, Shreveport, $10,793,511.34.

Caddo – Traffic signalization and related work on La. 1 for the Shreveport Intelligent Transportation System immediate term Phase 3, Wye Electric, Inc., West Monroe, $1,907,887.50.

Desoto – Asphaltic surface treatment, striping, mobilization, signs and barricades on La. 5 from 2.5 miles north of Logansport to the north junction of La. 3015, T.L. Wallace Construction LLC, Columbia, Miss., $1,110,415.70.

Grant, Winn – Asphaltic surface treatment, painted traffic striping and related work on La. 8 and La. 501 for contract maintenance, T.L. Wallace Construction LLC, Columbia, Miss., $391,562.

Jefferson – Cold planing, superpave, roadway reinforcing mesh, pavement patching and related work on Veterans Boulevard from Houma Boulevard to the Suburban Canal Bridge, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $928,584.90.

Jefferson – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing, superpave, Portland cement concrete pavement, traffic signalization, water distribution system, sanitary sewer system and related work on La. 45 (Barataria Boulevard) and Patriot Street, Hard Rock Construction Co., Metairie, $6,226,689.99.

Lincoln – Grading, cold planing, superpave, bridge widening and related work on the La. 145 interchange for bridge widening and redecking, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, $2,403,946.

Natchitoches – Two application surface treatment on La. 119 for contract maintenance, T.L. Wallace Construction, Inc., Columbia, Miss., $420,996.80.

Natchitoches – Pavement patching and asphaltic concrete leveling on La. 119 for contract maintenance, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $171,868.75.

Natchitoches – Grading, lime treatment, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave and related work on U.S. 71 at La. 9, and U.S. 71 at La. 3163, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $1,207,493.45.

Orleans – U.S. Coast Guard inspection, dry-docking, repairs and modification of M/V St. John ferry vessel, Conrad Shipyard, LLC, Morgan City, $417,070.

Orleans, Jefferson – Cleaning and test painting selected areas of Crescent City Connection Bridge No. 2, Hames Contracting Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., $234,875.

St. Helena – District wide asphaltic surface treatment on La. 441, W.R. Core, LLC, Folsom, $588,938.40.

St. Martin – Grading, drainage structures, pavement patching, pavement widening, cold planing, superpave and related work on bridges on La. 96, H & S Construction Co. Inc., Broussard, $1,023,738.65.

St. Tammany – Cold planing, asphaltic concrete overlay, guard rail, permanent signs and pavement striping on La. 41-South from the junction of La. 41 to La. 3081, Covington Paving Co., Sun, $376,258.81.

Terrebonne – Installation of fiber optic network, RVD system, DMS system, extended maintenance agreement and related work for Phase 2 of the Houma Intelligent Transportation System deployment on La. 24, La. 57, La. 3040 and La. 661, Ernest P. Breaux Electrical, Inc., New Iberia, $1,767,438.

Terrebonne – Drainage structures, asphaltic concrete widening and overlay for a turn lane on La. 56 at Woodlawn Ranch Road, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $112,678.10.

Terrebonne – Grading, cold planing, superpave, patching and widening and related work on La. 182 from the northwest junction of La. 24 to the southeast junction of La. 24, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $3,908,675.74.

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