(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Commission has approved a bid for bridge replacement project about six miles northwest of Corning.
On the recommendation of county Road and Bridge Supervisor Adam Kuckelman, the Commission Monday approved a bid from Norfolk Contracting in the amount of $201,592 ( with the price of the concrete not included) for replacement of a bridge on 72nd Road over the Black Vermillion River with a new 24 by 40 foot steel girder bridge.
It was the lowest among three bids received.
Federal funding through a Kansas Department of Transportation program will pay for 80 percent of the construction cost, with the county responsible for the remaining 20 percent.
A start date hasn't been announced.
The project is scheduled for 50 working days.
In other business, it was announced the county recently received a payment of $208,000 from NextEra Energy Resources for violating the road use agreement for the Soldier Creek Windfarm.
Also the Commission accepted the resignation of Glen Lee Hasenkamp as the Center Township Trustee and appointed Mark Haug to fill the position
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