(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council, Wednesday evening, passed a resolution approving the contracts and bonds for the City’s 2025 Concrete Street Improvement Projects. Prior to passing the resolution, the Council awarded a contract for the projects to Bluffs Paving and Utility Company, Inc., of Crescent, for slightly more than $1.2-million dollars ($1,203,074.50). City Engineer Dave Sturm said a pre-construction meeting with the contractor will take place next week. He addressed the Council’s concerns about how businesses would be affected by the construction work.

The project will begin no later than August 4^th, and will be fully completed within 60 days, according to the contract, which also stipulates failure to complete the work will subject the construction company to a fee of $1,000 per day for each day the work remains incomplete. Councilman Gerald Brink said despite concerns, the projects will end up benefiting the City in the long run.

Bluffs Paving and Utility Company crew at work (File photo from their Facebook page)

The Portland Cement Concrete project covers the following heavily traveled streets in Atlantic:

• State Street from Locust Street to Chestnut Street
• Commerce Street from Chestnut to east of Linn Street
• Chestnut Street from Commerce north to the Schildberg parking lot
• Hickory Street from 6th to 7^th, and
• Laurel Street from 10th to the dead end.

It also includes minor drainage improvements and miscellaneous, associated work.