Contract awarded to widen sidewalk near Quincy High
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 2 months AGO
Quincy City Council members approved a contract to widen a sidewalk, pictured, across the street from Quincy High School during their Wednesday evening meeting. The hope is that the project will be completed before classes begin in the fall, allowing students a safer walk to school.
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QUINCY — A section of Jackrabbit Way opposite Quincy High School will get a wider sidewalk. Quincy Public Works Director Carl Worley said city officials are hoping the project will be completed by the time school starts in late August.
“That’s our goal,” Worley said.
The contract was awarded to Vasquez Construction, Quincy, to widen about 1,310 feet of sidewalk between Third Avenue NE and Sixth Avenue NE. It’s next to the community garden, directly across the street from QHS.
Quincy City Council members voted to approve the contract Wednesday. Total project cost is $60,000 plus tax.
The existing sidewalk will be widened by about five feet, Worley said.
The project contract calls for the excavation of the existing dirt, replacing that with a base layer of new material and pouring a new sidewalk about four inches thick.
Jackrabbit Way borders on a housing development with a wall facing the street. The property between the existing sidewalk and the wall is unimproved ground, some but not all of it filled with the community garden.
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