Marion City Administrator Adam Ledford said he met with multiple contractor interested in the project in a prebid meeting last week. The work will relay about 1,700 feet of sidewalks along four city blocks. The original estimated project cost is $193,200, which will all but $10,000 be covered by federal grant money.
“Originally, it was as much as a 20 percent match,” Ledford said, “but the state has said the match is $10,000.”
The project will add to a sidewalk reconstruction started years ago with Safe Routes to Schools money and will connect the high/middle school campus with the public library.
For more on this story, see the Oct. 31 edition of The Crittenden Press.
