OWENSVILLE —Owensville’s contracted engineer, Travis Hernandez, approached the Board of Aldermen with three bids for the Rock Island Trail project during a recent city meeting.

Three bids were opened Sept. 10 with the low bid from KJ Unnerstall of Washington for $485,960.70 — a number slightly hugher than the estimate Hernandez provided two years ago.

The estimate provided with the 2022 grant application was $479,787.

“So that’s a shortfall of $6,124 that will not be covered by the grant,” Hernandez told the board.

The city will be responsible for the additional costs.

Other bids were received from Donald Maggi, Inc., for $493,194.16 and Midstate Pipeline Maintenance, LLC, for $523,372.06.

KJ Unnerstall’s base bid covers 12,341 linear feet of linear grading of the existing railbed at $74,046; 227 linear feet of roll, pavement and base removals at eight-inch depth for $21,565; 227 linear feet of 12-foot wide and four-inch thick asphaltic pavement for $34,050; 12,568 linear feet nonwoven geotextile separation/drainage fabric at $31,420; 12,568 linear feet of 14-foot wide and four-inch thick type five granular base at $96,145.20; 12,341 linear feet of 12-foot wide, two-inch to four-inch to two inch crowned “Katy Blend” granular surface for $55,534.50; 50 two-and-a-half inch PSST post, anchor, and concrete footing for $37,000; 16 R1-1 signs for $3,360; 16 W2-1 signs at $3,840; 32 W11-15 signs at $7,680; 16 W16-7P signs at $2,720; 16 W11-15P signs at $2,880; 16 W16-9P signs at $2,720; eight mid-block white crosswalk striping for $18,800; construction staking at $5,000; erosion control for $35,600; traffic control at $10,000; site restoration at $10,000; and access control bollards/boulders at $33,600.

The city of Owensville has sent a concurrence to MoDOT for approval of the Rock Island Trail bid and is waiting on approval. Once received, they will be able to formally award the project to KJ Unnerstall.