Elm Street contract awarded to Evans and Associates

Ponca City’s Board of Commissioners approved a contract Monday night with Evans and Associates Construction company for a street and water line improvement project on two sections of Elm Street.

The $604,315 contract includes relocating and upsizing water lines and rebuilding the roadway, curbs, gutters and driveway access for the two sections.

Work will be done on South Elm Street between Otoe Avenue and Ponca Avenue, and on North Elm Street between Highland Avenue and Summit Avenue.

Evans was the only bid received, and was more than $125,000 less than the engineer’s estimated cost, or 20 percent.

City Engineer Jim Fairbanks said the work should be a 120 calendar day project.