Award of a $62,321.94-contract for grading, draining, and crushed gravel surfacing of 2.6 miles of the Nishu North Road and 2.7 miles of the Northeastern Segment Road on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, McLean County, North Dakota, was announced by the Department of the Interior today.
Delzer Construction Company, Selby, South Dakota, won the contract and was the low bidder. Four higher bids were received ranging from $64,838.48 to $69,830.61.
The job will provide an all-weather road needed for school bus travel, mail route and farm-to-market outlet. This work is being undertaken as a part of the Indian Bureau’s broad program of bringing reservation roads up to standard so they can be transferred to the county highway systems. The contract calls for 138,209 cubic yards of unclassified excavation, 10,854 cubic yards of crushed gravel surface course, and 1,980 linear feet of culvert pipe.
