Award of a $44,965.83 contract for construction of reinforced concrete box culverts on Oaks-Teresita road in Cherokee and Delaware Counties, Oklahoma, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
When completed, the project will provide an all-weather road which will be an important link in the highway system the Bureau of Indian Affairs is constructing to promote Indian economic advancement under Jurisdiction of the Muskogee Area Office. It will serve as a school bus route, both to grade school and high school in Oaks, and to grade school in Teresita, and as a mail and farm-to-market road to Indians and others in the area.
Successful bidder for the contract was Frank Newell and Son of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Five other bids ranging from $46,857.47 to $64,441.68 were received.
