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Renovating a mile-long stretch of SD 37 in Huron will cost the South Dakota Department of Transportation and the city government hundreds of thousands of dollars more than previously expected.
The South Dakota Transportation Commission can't seem to catch a break when it comes to awarding contracts for highway and bridge projects.
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Transportation Commission had an easier time awarding road and bridge projects to contractors on Thursday. Contractors submitted low bids that were below estimates for six of nine projects on South Dakota highways. The commission followed the state Department of Transportation’s recommendations to accept eight of them and reject […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation’s latest round of project lettings saw contractors’ low bids higher than estimates for four of the seven. This time, DOT officials recommended that the state Transportation Commission approve all seven. And the commissioners did, knowing that in the current economy, there wasn’t much of […]
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Transportation Commission has occasionally been willing to pay much more than the estimated costs for some road and bridge projects. But sometimes contractors’ bids have been just too much. That was the case Thursday, as the commissioners accepted the low bid on one project that was far above […]