By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Starting at the end of the month or early October, Venture Corporation will begin an asphalt resurfacing project on three different streets in Great Bend. The Great Bend City Council approved the $938,900 project that will include approximately 13 blocks on the 281 Bypass, 24th Street and Harrison Street.
The 24th portion of the project will include the blocks between McCormick Street to the Bypass. Public Works Director Jason Cauley was asked about the poor condition of 24th on the east side of town.
"After further investigation, it was decided that section of 24th was poured on just soil," said Cauley. "There really is no base under that. It's better to just overlay that as is. This will use the existing asphalt as a base. They will do some full-depth patching to reinforce those areas. For the most part, it will do better to pave over the top of what is existing."
The Bypass will be resurfaced from 10th Street to Main. Harrison will be improved from 10th Street to Broadway.
Venture was the only bid received for the project that will be paid through the quarter-cent sales tax.