A $2.4-million seal coat project that’s expected to start sometime in May, southwest of Prairie City on 4.4-miles of West 129th Street South and South 96th Avenue West, is to be completed in phases over several months. Jasper County Engineer Mike Frietsch has told the Jasper County Board of Supervisors that the roads will be open periodically during the four-month project.

“So what will happen is it will have the first course of seal-coat on it. That will sit and get driven on. Then they will broom it off and put a second coat down. They will let that cure for a while, and then come through and do a micro-surface on the top. So there will be a lot of starting and stopping on that project.”

Frietsch says the pre-construction meeting for this road project is scheduled for March 30th. Manatt’s Incorporated was awarded the contract, as they were the only company to submit a bid. But their $2,447,974 quote was about 12% below the engineer’s estimate, which was just under $2.8 million. The Jasper County Engineer notes $2.2 million in federal funding will pay for most of the project, which will occur on West 129th Street South, from State Highway 163 to South 96th Avenue West. On South 96th Avenue West, the project extends from West 129th Street South to Pacific Street.