Perkiomen Township Awards Contract for Godshall Road Bridge Project

is another step closer to beginning work on the .

On Tuesday night, the supervisors awarded a $462,900 contract to Flyway Excavating of Lititz, PA. Five other companies also put in bids for the project; Flyway was the lowest bidder, said township manager Cecile Daniel.

Two of three affected property owners signed off on the easements needed for the project. The middle of the June is the targeted time frame for work to begin, according to the township engineer.

The meeting’s biggest discussion concerned what to do with the bridge's façade, Daniel said. There were four options for the façade, including not doing it at all, Daniel continued. It was decided that the bridge’s inside walls will have a stone façade, and the outside will be plain concrete.

The bridge’s guardrail will remain the regular steel.

“What’s there will stay there,” Daniel said.

However, some elements may be temporarily replaced during the work time.

The 2011 Road Project will be bid separately, and would start after the bridge work is complete. The project includes overlay.

Among the roads is a piece of Seitz Road not done last year, said Daniel. A portion of Godshall to a gate closure will also be worked on, and “spot repair” to fix a drainage problem will be done to Meyers/Ott Road.

A portion of Trappe Road, which took a beating from this year’s winter weather, and the road from the Schoolhouse Bridge to Kagey Road will also be included in the project, Daniel said.

If there are enough funds, work will also be done from Acoma Lane to Burgess Road to Wartman Road.

In other township business, resident Nicklaus Andrew McCoy, 16, was in attendance to personally receive congratulations from the Board of Supervisors for achieving Eagle Scout status.

The board received correspondence from Eagle Committee BSA Troop 182 about writing a letter of achievement and congratulations to McCoy, who will attend a scouts ceremony June 15.