BIA Awards Contract for Road Project on ID Reservation

Media Contact: Ulsamer - 343-4306
For Immediate Release: June 22, 1966

A $261,176 contract has been awarded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a road improvement project on the Fort Hall Reservation in southeastern Idaho. The reservation is the home of about 1,770 Shoshone and Bannock Indians.

Contract specifications call for crushed rock base and bituminous plant-mix surfacing of slightly over 12 miles of the Ross Fork and Lone Pine roads, located one mile east of the Fort Hall Indian Agency.

This project is part of the Bureau’s long- term program to improve transportation on Indian reservations through better roads.

Bannock Paving Company of Pocatello, Idaho was the successful bidder. The six bids received ranged to a high of $363,370.