Medina awards construction bid for new pedestrian bridge on Maple Ridge
Photo by Tom Rivers: A pedestrian bridge will be built across the Oak Orchard Creek along Maple Ridge Road (Route 31A) in Medina. This area also will get about 2,000 feet of new sidewalks.
MEDINA – New sidewalks and a pedestrian bridge will be coming soon on Maple Ridge Road.
The Medina Village Board on Monday approved a $837,448 bid by RJT Construction Services in Rochester to install the bridge and sidewalks. RJT was the lowest of four bidders when the bids were opened on Feb. 18.
The section of Maple Ridge Road by the creek has become busier with a housing development, several new businesses and also the GCC campus center. There are also about 200 available acres in the area being promoted for development by the EDA.
But a bid approval has been delayed because RJT wasn’t on the state’s registry for contractors. The company has since joined the registry which verifies that contractors and subcontractors are in compliance with labor laws, including prevailing wage requirements.
RJT incorporated two years ago and has done culvert and wastewater projects. The company’s owner, however, has a long career in construction, said Barton & Loguidice, a firm that worked on the design of the bridge, and secured easements from utility companies and property owners.
The Village Board on Monday also approved a contract with Barton & Loguidice where the firm will be paid $166,300 for construction services and inspections.
The project is within budget, Mayor Marguerite Sherman said. The RJT bid was more than $100,000 less than the next lowest bid of $943,088 by Keeler Construction in Barre. The highest bid was $1,058,485 by C.P. Ward in Scottsville.
The new bridge and sidewalks have been several years in the waiting. The village in 2021 was awarded a $1,094,196 grant to construct the bridge and sidewalks as part of a multi-use path for pedestrians and bicycles. The funding was awarded by the state through a federal Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant.
That is covering 80 percent of the project. The remaining 20 percent will be paid locally from the village ($55,000), Town of Shelby ($130,000) and Orleans County ($97,500).
The local money comes from a revolving loan fund that was administered by the Orleans Economic Development Agency. The state in 2019 required funds be ended with the money staying in the community for projects if they are for handicapped accessible initiatives or if they assist a neighborhood that is predominantly low-income.
