Commissioner of Indian Affairs Philleo Nash today announced the award of a $721,670 contract for further construction on the east-west road now being cut through the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona.
The construction will open up to tourist traffic the 1.5 mile stretch of the old Geronimo Trail which leads through rock-bound Barlow Pass into the pine flats. The flats are the site of the Tribe's projected Point of Pines recreational development.
Geronimo Trail, alternately known as Route 8, also provides the only transportation access for the Tribe's timber and cattle enterprises.
Successful low bidder for the construction through Barlow Pass was Hagen Construction Company of Globe, Arizona. Two other bids were received, ranging to a high of $913,404.36.
