PIERRE, (KCCR) — A bid by Morris Incorporated of Fort Pierre has been selected by the South Dakota Transportation Commission to work on a major reconstruction project above and below Euclid Avenue in Pierre. The Morris bid was the only bid on the project that was 10-million dollars over the engineer’s estimate…
Sam Weisgram with the Department of Transportation says they have looked at all options to lower the price tag, but don’t see the project getting cheaper by a rebid…
The Euclid/Highway 14 project has been on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan for nearly a decade and Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt says it’s a difficult, long project to complete…
Weisgram says delaying the project could have pushed-out the start of the Euclid rebuild to 2026 and lasting at least two years, if not slightly longer.
