BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) considered bids totaling more than $253 million at its Dec. 13 public bid opening, according to Gov. Kathleen Blanco and DOTD Secretary Johnny B. Bradberry.

With a bid of $137,479,548.15, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, was the apparent low bidder on the state’s most expensive job, a project in Lafourche Parish calling for embankment, asphaltic concrete pavement, voided slab span superstructures, prestressed concrete girder span superstructures and related work on La. 1 from Port Fourchon to the Leeville Bridge for phase 1A of the La. 1 project.

Other projects by parish(es), description, apparent low bidder and bid are as follows:

Acadia – Grading, pavement patching, cold planing asphaltic concrete, superpave asphaltic concrete overlay and related work on La. 13 from Lovell Street to Second Street, H and S Construction Co. Inc., Broussard, $811,553.07.

Acadia – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, lime treatment, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, precast prestressed concrete girder span bridge and related work on La. 13 for the Bayou Plaquemine Bridge and approaches, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, $7,074,579.80.

Allen – Grading, class II base course, drainage structures, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, concrete slab span bridge and related work on the Sam Cloud Road and Live Oak Street bridges, Peters Construction Co. Inc., Oakdale, $607,681.70.

Allen – Grading, drainage structures, concrete sidewalks and related work for the Kinder Town Wide Sidewalk Improvement Project, Gray Two Construction LLC, Baton Rouge, $249,768.72.

Assumption – Bridge rehabilitation, electrical system, moveable bridge machinery and related work on La. 70 for the Belle River Pontoon Bridge rehabilitation, C.E.C. Inc., Lafayette, $4,140,111.

Avoyelles, Rapides - Grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, cement treated base course, superpave asphaltic concrete overlay and related work on La. 107 from one-quarter mile east of the Rapides Parish line to the Rapides Parish line for curve realignment, W.E. McDonald and Son LLC, Glenmora, $1,157,503.50.

Calcasieu – Grading, class II base course, Portland cement concrete pavement and related work on U.S. 171 from its junction with U.S. 90 to the southern end of the Union Pacific Railroad overpass for median replacement, John Bailey Inc., Sulphur, $2,183,578.34.

East  Baton Rouge – Grading, class II base course, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, Portland cement concrete pavement and related work for bicycle and pedestrian path improvements in City Park, Construction Solutions LLC, Watson, $208,138.92.

Franklin, Tensas – Grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, class II base course, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, precast prestressed concrete girders and related work on La. 4 for the Tensas River Bridge and approaches, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, $6,477,079.57.

            Grant – Cold planing asphaltic concrete, asphaltic concrete overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 8 from its junction with U.S. 165 to the LaSalle Parish line, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $3,599,691.26.

            Iberia – Maintenance mowing and litter collection on La. 14, U.S. 167 and U.S. 90, Grass Masters Lawn Care and Landscape, Youngsville, $173,530.

Iberia, St. Mary and Vermillion – Removal of existing end wedge system and installation of roller wedge system for bridges on La. 82, La. 86, La. 320, La. 344 and La. 3069, C.E.C. Inc., Lafayette, $490,000.

Jefferson Davis – Grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, subgrade layer, class II base course, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, Portland cement concrete pavement, concrete slab span bridges and related work on U.S. 165 from I-10 to Fenton, Diamond B Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $23,463,465.61.

Lafayette – Pavement patching, cold planing asphaltic pavement, superpave asphaltic concrete overlay and related work on La. 93 from I-10 to the St. Landry Parish line, Prairie Contractors Inc., Opelousas, $1,804,973.85.

Lafayette – Lighting and related work on I-10 at its interchange with La. 93, Ernest P. Breaux Electrical Co. Inc., New Iberia, $639,797.65.

Lafourche – Grading, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement overlay, pavement patching and related work on La. 657 from its junction with La. 308 to two miles north of La. 308, Barriere Construction Co. LLC, Boutte, $876,578.37.

Lincoln – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, Portland cement concrete pavement and related work on I-20 from U.S. 167 to La. 33, James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, $5,018,921.54.

Livingston – Grading, drainage structures, cold planing asphaltic concrete, superpave asphaltic concrete overlay, pavement patching, pavement widening and related work on U.S. 190 at La. 1026 for intersection improvements, Diamond B. Construction Co. LLC, Alexandria, $1,356,775.20.

Ouachita – Maintenance mowing, litter collection and tree and brush removal on U.S. 165 from the Caldwell Parish line to the Town of Rilla, Grass Masters Lawn Care and Landscape, Youngsville, $105,132.35.

Ouachita – Maintenance mowing, litter collection and related work on I-20 from the Lincoln Parish line to the Richland Parish line, Grass Masters Lawn Care and Landscape, Youngsville, $181, 977.95.

Plaquemines – Emergency dredging of the Empire Locks and Doullut Canal, Wilco Industrial Services LLC, Harvey, $357,044.75.

Rapides – Grading, bridge rehabilitation, guardrails and related work for the Philadelphia Road Bridge rehabilitation, Jerald Creamer Enterprises Inc., Campti, $104,313.             

Sabine – Grading, drainage structures, lime treatment, class II base course, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, Portland cement concrete pavement and related work on U.S. 171 from Florien to Many, Austin Bridge and Road LP, Irving, Texas, $34,613,537.16.

St. Tammany – Grading, drainage structures, concrete sidewalks and related work on La. 21, La. 22 and La. 1077 for the Madisonville Pedestrian Pathways Project, Gray Two Construction LLC, Baton Rouge, $249,732.12.

Webster – Grading, drainage structures, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, pavement patching and related work on La. 163 from La. 527 to La. 164, Madden Contracting Co. Inc., Minden, $1,071,150.25.

West Feliciana – Grading, drainage structures, class II base course, lime treatment, superpave asphaltic concrete pavement, concrete slab span and concrete girder bridges, and related work on La. 66 for the Opossum Hollow and Sike Branch bridges, Coastal Bridge Co. LLC, Baton Rouge, $7,288,262.45.

District 62 – Guardrail replacement and related work in District 62, Atwood Fence Company Inc., Kosciusko, Miss., $685,007.60.

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