Plans for the Edgewater Stormwater Project can proceed following action taken by the Crown Point Board of Public Works and Safety.
The five bids opened by the board at its meeting on Wednesday were as follows: Gariup Construction, $697,000; LGS Plumbing, $985,882; Austgen Equipment, $668,432; M & J Underground, $298,680; and Grimmer Construction, $945,786.
The bids were accepted by the board then tabled pending review by both the city’s engineering and legal departments.
The Edgewater Stormwater Project replaces a culvert under the old railroad north of the Edgewater subdivision.
Crown Point staff at the Jan. 7 meeting briefed the board that the Edgewater project design and bidding had been approved by the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission and requested authorization to publish notice to bidders.
Mayor Pete Land said the project is a financial partnership between the city and the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission, with exact terms of the next phase to be communicated to Crown Point later this month or in March.
The commission provided 80/20 funding to design and engineer the Edgewater Stormwater Project.
That phase is now complete, so the city of Crown Point went out to bid and will present those figures to the commission to continue the partnership on this project, city officials said.
In other business, the board approved three transfer agreements of portions of roadway to the city following a review with Crown Point officials and Lake County officials.
The roadways accepted by Crown Point are as follows:
•A portion of 121st Avenue, including Iowa Street east to Winfield corporate limits and Iowa Street west to Crown Point corporate limits.
•A portion of 133rd Avenue, including Marshall Street east to Grant Street (Indiana State Road 55).
•A portion of Iowa Street, from 113th Avenue south to 137th Avenue.
Land said the roads the city is accepting are in good shape and will only require normal maintenance.
The board also approved purchase of a technical rescue speciality box truck per a request from Crown Point Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner.
The cost of the truck, which will be purchased from Beverage Body & Trailer Service out of Leesburg, Florida, is $143,495.
The truck is expected to be delivered sometime this summer, Baumgardner said.
The board also approved an agreement with American Structurepoint for intersection improvements at U.S. 231 and 113th Avenue/South Street.
The revised agreement includes a new project schedule and revisions to roadway geometry following feedback from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and additional services needed for project completion.
The project will create a roundabout at U.S. 231 and 113th Avenue/South Street near Sauerman Woods Park.
The project, which is INDOT-led, is slated for 2027/2028.
Deborah Laverty is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
