Authority looks to rebuild 2 city streets
The Butler Redevelopment Authority wants to award a contract to reconstruct Kaufman Drive and part of Lincoln Avenue in the spring.
At the authority meeting Thursday, Ron Olsen of Olsen and Associates of Butler updated board members on the bid specifications he is preparing for the project.
The roads were made of 5-inch reinforced concrete poured over a base consisting of brick rubble and silica sand when they were built in the 1930s, Olsen said.
However, joints in the road have allowed water to seep under the concrete and damage it over the years, he said.
He suggested removing the existing concrete and base and rebuilding the road, and dividing the project into two phases.
Rebuilding the section of Lincoln Avenue between Short Street and Kaufman Drive in front of the Butler Arbors, a federally subsidized apartment building for the elderly and people with disabilities, would be the first phase and could be done for less than $100,000, Olsen said.
Kaufman Drive would be the second phase.
The authority plans to use $50,000 from its 2015 federal Community Development Block Grant and money from the 2017 grant pay for the project, said Veronica Walker, acting executive director of the authority.
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