DOTD announces results of March 26 bid letting
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:53:03 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $14 million at its March 26 public bid opening, according to Gov. Bobby Jindal and DOTD Secretary William D. Ankner, Ph.D.

With a bid of $2,586,555.85, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, West Monroe, was the apparent low bidder on the most expensive job let March 26, a project in Madison Parish calling for installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching and related work from 1 mile east of Barnes Road to La. 602.

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

Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis – Mowing, litter collection and related work on U.S. 90 from Lake Charles to Mermentau; on La. 14/26 from Lake Charles to Elton; on U.S. 190 from Basile to Kinder; and on U.S. 165 from Kinder to Iowa, Grass Masters Lawn Care & Land Inc., Youngsville, $124,400.

Avoyelles – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, pavement patching, pavement widening and related work on La. 1187 from its eastern junction with La. 114 to Petite Cove Road, Gilchrist Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $1,467,863.67.

Avoyelles, Natchitoches, Rapides – Sealing asphalt pavement, pavement patching and related work on La. 1 from La. 493 to La. 120; on La. 112 from the Allen Parish line to La. 113; and on La. 114 from La. 1 to La. 1188, T.L. Wallace Construction Inc., Columbia, Miss., $1,001,381.23.

Avoyelles, Grant, Natchitoches, Rapides – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay, sealing asphalt pavement, pavement patching, pavement widening and related work on La. 486 from 0.69 miles north of La. 6 to La. 480; on La. 1184 from its southern junction with La. 29 to its northern junction with La. 29; on La. 524 from U.S. 165 to 0.25 miles north of La. 123; on La. 1200 from La. 121 to Cotile Lake; and on La. 1232 from La. 501 to La. 156, T.L. Wallace Construction Inc., Columbia, Miss., $1,572,226.59.

Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron – Mowing, litter collection and related work on U.S. 90 from Toomey to Westlake; on U.S. 171 from Lake Charles to Ragley; on La. 12 from Ragley to DeQuincy; on La. 27 from Hackberry to DeRidder; and on U.S. 190 from DeRidder to the Texas state line, Abita Builders LLC, Ragley, $198,368.

Bossier, Caddo – Replacing raised pavement markers, pavement striping and related work on I-20 from Pines Road to the west end of the Red River Bridge, and on I-20 from the Caddo Parish line to east of Hamilton Road, Pavement Marking Division of Gulf Industries Inc., Mandeville, $210,325.

Bossier, DeSoto, Red River – Sealing asphalt pavement, pavement patching, pavement striping and related work on La. 175 from the Sabine Parish line to La. 346; on U.S. 84 from Grand Bayou to Armistead; on La. 157 from Filmore to La. 528; and on La. 2 from 0.9 miles east of La. 3 to 4.9 miles east of La. 157, P.R. Parker Co. Inc., Shreveport, $639,121.32.

Calcasieu – Replacing raised pavement markers, pavement striping and related work on I-210 from west of the Lake Street overpass to I-10, Highway Graphics Inc., West Monroe, $330,852.

Franklin – Pavement patching, pavement striping and related work on U.S. 425 from 1,400 feet south of La. 128 to 6,600 feet north of La. 128, Forby Contracting Inc., Hinckley, Minn., $229,716.67.

LaSalle – Pavement patching and related work on U.S. 84 from the Winn Parish line to west of the Union Pacific Railroad overpass, Penhall Co., Rogers, Minn., $178,393.48.

Lincoln – Traffic signal upgrades and related work at various intersections in Lincoln Parish, WYE Electric Inc., West Monroe, $870,200.

Livingston – Installing drainage pipe, asphalt overlay and related work on La. 1036 from La. 441 to La. 442, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Franklinton, $2,085,000.

Natchitoches – Asphalt overlay and related work on Johnson Chute Road from Posey Road to La. 1, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $610,335.15.

St. Tammany – Asphalt overlay and related work to pave the shoulders along La. 41 from La. 41 Spur to La. 36, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Franklinton, $622,078.