Roselle approves $748,488 Plum Grove Road rehabilitation, hires construction engineering firm
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The Village of Roselle approved a $748,488.50 contract to rehabilitate Plum Grove Road and a separate $84,156 construction engineering contract, after trustees discussed the project's high per-foot cost and funding sources.
The Village of Roselle board approved a $748,488.50 contract with Roche Infrastructure to rehabilitate Plum Grove Road and separately authorized a $84,156 construction engineering agreement with Civiltech Engineering Inc., the board said Monday.
Trustee Forsyth moved both resolutions, which passed on roll-call votes. Trustees voiced that the Plum Grove project carried a higher-than-normal per-foot cost compared with typical street resurfacing but said the work was necessary because of the road's deterioration and the presence of highway overpasses.
The board discussed the project's cost in context: a trustee asked how much ordinary roadway could be resurfaced for the same amount and was told it would be close to a mile of typical roadway, while Plum Grove represents a much shorter distance that requires more extensive work. The trustee described the Plum Grove segment as "quite stark" in its deterioration. Trustee Forsyth said the village could "absorb" the cost given Roselle's home-rule status and additional funds the village received.
The motion to award the construction contract to Roche Infrastructure passed with a roll call in which trustees voted "aye," and the motion to hire Civiltech Engineering for construction engineering passed on a separate roll call.
No ordinance or state statute was cited during the board's discussion; trustees framed the approvals as standard capital project actions. The transcript records the board approving the contracts and moving forward with construction engineering; no amendments or conditions to the awards were made on the record.
The board did not set a construction start date during the meeting. Officials said the item had been planned in advance and budgeted for but did not provide a detailed funding breakdown during the public meeting.
The village clerk recorded the roll-call votes and the measures carry forward as approved contracts for the Plum Grove Road Rehabilitation Project.
