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PIERRE - The state Transportation Commission accepted 12 bids totaling more than $8.8 million and rejected one Thursday on South Dakota highway projects.
The commission also adjusted its surface transportation improvement plan, adding a small grant.
Mike Behm, director of planning and engineering for the South Dakota Department of Transportation, said the $12,000 grant "isn't a lot of money." But it does help pay for improved scheduling of projects, Behm said.
Among the accepted bids were the following area projects:
One in Davison, Hamlin, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lyman and McCook counties for shoulder wedge improvements.
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Winning the contract with a low bid of $665,799 was Martin Resource Management Co., Omaha, Nebraska.
The bid was $21,125 above the engineer estimate;
One in Aurora and Jerauld counties for micro-surfacing US 281 between SD 258 and 243th Street.
Winning the contract with a low bid of $870,297 was Asphalt Surface Technologies of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
The bid was $55,930 below the engineer estimate;
One in Bon Homme, Clay and Yankton counties for crack sealing various routes in the Yankton area.
Winning the contract with a low bid of $146,227 was Asphalt Surface Technologies.
The bid was $4,395 below the engineer estimate;
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One in Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Mellette, Stanley and Tripp counties for durable pavement marking on the state system in the Pierre region.
Winning the contract with a low bid of $226,820 was Swanston Equipment of Fargo, North Dakota.
The bid was $69,325 below the engineer estimate.
