Community Corner
Oconee County Commissioners Decide To Award Bid For Parkway Boulevard Extension After Review
Oconee County has agreed on a contract for design work for an extension of Parkway Boulevard behind Wal-Mart and Lowe's.
The Oconee County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night voted to move forward with design work for an extension of Parkway Boulevard, which will run behind Wal-Mart and Lowe’s parallel to Epps Bridge Parkway and open up more land in the area for development.
Oconee County Administrative Officer Jeff Benko told the commissioners that he, County Attorney Daniel Haygood, and county Public Works Director Emil Beshara had reviewed the submitted proposals and their costs.
Benko said the three were confident that Beshara was correct when he recommended that the contract go to ABE Consulting of 2410 Hog Mountain Road, which had submitted the low bid of $96,925, including the costs of geotechnical services.
After initially accepting Beshara’s recommendation, the BOC on Sept. 2 decided to reconsider the bids when Jon Williams of Williams and Associates, 2470 Daniells Bridge Road, raised questions about the decision. Williams had submitted a bid of $98,980, the next lowest bid to that of ABE Consulting.
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Pictured: Administrative Officer Jeff Benko.