18th Street Project Moving Along

The 18th Street Project is moving along nicely and the portion between Sumac and Shundi is about 70% completed, according to Butch Gaines of APAC Construction in Vinita, the general contractor.
Work on Shundi from the intersection with 18th up to 13th street is about 40% complete; work is waiting on utility relocations from 13th street to 9th street, he said.
"We now are waiting for warm weather so that we can pour concrete curbs and gutters, and asphalt the roadway, so from now on everything depends on the weather," Gaines said.
Due to increases in materials, the road cost is about 20% above engineering estimates, City Manager Bill Galletly said Wednesday. Projected cost is about $2 million.