Armuchee Connector Work to Begin in November

Rome Boulevard enthusiasts should be pleased at Tuesday night’s Floyd County Commission meeting where Armuchee Connector construction plans were announced.  According to the Rome News Tribune:

County Manager Kevin Poe said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to issue a permit in the next two to three weeks, then a preconstruction meeting would be scheduled.

“We’ll be turning dirt in November and the project will take 19 months,” he told the board.

This is great news for those planning to purchase property at Rome Boulevard. The work is slated to be completed in 19 months or summer of 2011 and will bring an additional traffic stream from the Armuchee area directly to Braves Boulevard. Leading the project will be the selected bidder, C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. who came in the lowest of seven bids at $8.1 million.

County Manager Kevin Poe said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to issue a permit in the next two to three weeks, then a preconstruction meeting would be scheduled.

Stay tuned for more pictures as construction begins.

Bids Closed; County Pleased with Results

According to the Rome News Tribune on Sept. 9:

Floyd County officials heaved a sigh of relief Thursday, after opening the construction bids for the proposed Armuchee Connector.

“They’re good,” County Manager Kevin Poe said. “We still have to evaluate them, but it’s looking to be around $8.1 million. We needed to keep it below $9.6 million.”

Marietta-based C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. appears to be the low-bidder, but Poe said it will take some time to compare the elements offered in each proposal. A recommendation is expected to be ready for the Floyd County Commission’s Sept. 22 meeting.

The 2006 special purpose, local option sales tax package contained a $12 million earmark for the project. The 2.2-mile road and bridge across the Oostanaula River will link Braves Boulevard at State Mutual Stadium with U.S. 27 at Old Summerville Road.

Twenty-two companies requested project plans, and seven submitted base bids ranging from $8,059,862.35 to $9,438,388.66.

In addition to C.W. Matthews, bidders were Northwest Georgia Paving; Sunbelt Structures; Tidwell Construction Co.; E.R. Snell Contractor Inc.; Wright Brothers Construction Co. Inc.; and Archer Western
Contractors Ltd.

Click here for a PDF of the project profile and a route map.

Bidding Open for Armuchee Connector Construction

Floyd County Manager’s Office has opened the bidding process for Armuchee Connector construction.  The
Armuchee Connector is a new 2.2 mile roadway that will connect Braves Boulevard and Highway 27 that has been funded by the 2006 SPLOST package.

According the the Notice of Letting Proposals:

Bids will be received until 2:00pm (local time), on September 3, 2009 at the office of the Floyd
County Purchasing Director, located in the Floyd County Administration Building, 12 East Fourth
Avenue, Suite 106, Rome, Georgia.  Sealed bids will then and there be publicly opened and read aloud
in the office of the Purchasing Director. Bids are to be sealed, marked with the bidder’s name and
address and labeled: “Armuchee Connector”.  Bids will be date and time stamped upon receipt.  Bids
received after the stated time will not be accepted.

The work is to be let in one contract, and shall conform in all respects to the Plans and
Specifications prepared by Wilbur Smith Associates, Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia which are made out
and posted conspicuously in the office of the Purchasing Agent of the Board of Commissioners of said
County, which is also the office of the undersigned, and said specifications, general conditions and
drawings, are open to the inspection of the public.