Dalton City Council to vote on road resurfacing

Charles Oliver, The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga.
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Apr. 14—Dalton City Council is expected to vote on Monday on a contract to resurface 8.5 miles of city streets.

The council meets at 6 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting will be livestreamed on the city's YouTube channel.

Northwest Georgia Paving of Calhoun submitted the low bid of $4,588,651.87 for the city's 2024 road resurfacing, which had a budget of $5.5 million. Members of the Public Works Committee agreed last month to forward the bid to the City Council for approval at its next meeting.

The resurfacing project will include about four miles of Abutment Road, from State Route 3 to Walnut Avenue. It will also include some 2.5 miles of Glenwood Avenue from Walnut Avenue to State Route 3, and 1.4 miles of Tibbs Road improvements, from Walnut Avenue to Shugart Road, will be part of the work, and about a half-mile of Tony Ingle Parkway from College Drive to the pavement joint just south of the lane widening will be resurfaced.

The work is expected to be done by August. A Georgia Department of Transportation Off-System Safety Project grant will fund all of the thermoplastic striping for these streets.

The council members earlier this year approved $3.7 million from the general budget to go to road resurfacing. That's in addition to the resurfacing that will be done with state {span}Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant money{/span}, Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax money and county service delivery agreement funding.

The council members are also expected to vote on whether to renew a contract with Emcor Services of Smyrna for maintenance of the heating and air conditioning of the old post office building at 100 S. Hamilton St. and whether to renew a contract with Spectra Contract Flooring of Norcross for floor cleaning at City Hall.