Site work for a road / highway in Columbus, Indiana. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

**As of November 18, 2025, the project was awarded to Dave O'Mara Contractor Inc., with an awarded amount of $161,295.40** https://www.therepublic.com/2025/11/10/city-selects-contractor-for-intersection-improvements-at-25th-street-and-marr-road/ City officials agreed to award a bid for work that will involve intersection improvements at 25th Street and Marr Road in Columbus. Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety members awarded a bid to Dave O’Mara Contractor, Inc. to add pedestrian push buttons and ramps at the intersection of 25th Street and Marr Road. Dave O’Mara submitted the low bid of $161,295.40. Morphey Construction also bid the project at $179,337. The final contract for the work will come at a later board of works meeting. City Engineer Andrew Beckort said the intersection is “near the top” on the list for most accidents. Engineering is simultaneously going to construct a sidewalk along the west side of Marr Road between 25th Street and the existing People Trail north of 32nd Street, which means there will be even more pedestrian activity, Beckort said, necessitating the push buttons and ramps. The Marr Road sidewalk project is one of three the city is planning with the use of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) flex funds, which is money the Columbus Area Metropolitan Organization (CAMPO) had left over from previous years that was transferred from the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) to be used for things including improvements to sidewalks and trails. The FTA Flex funds require a 20% local match. The other two projects are a new shared-use path on 27th Street, between Washington Street and Home Avenue, and a shared-use path on 10th Street from Marr Road connecting to the existing shared use path along the Lowe’s frontage. Construction on all of the aforementioned projects will start in the spring. ------------------------------------------------- Marr Road and 25th Street Pedestrian Signals. Question Deadline 10/24/2025 at 12:00 PM ET Questions must be submitted electronically. For this reason, no questions will be answered by email, phone or in person. A bid bond or certified check in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, and made payable to the City of Columbus, Indiana, is required with each Bid Response as guaranty that the terms of the bid will be carried out. Bid Security should be submitted by uploading a clean digital copy to the Bid Response. The apparent low bidder will be required to furnish the original bid bond to the Finance Department's Office in City Hall, within 72 hours of bid opening. All bonds must be secured from a bonding company as listed in the current edition of the U.S. Treasury Department, Circular #570, and authorized to transact business in the State of Indiana. The bid bond must include a power of attorney for the agent signing the bid bond. The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to reject any and all bids. No bidder may withdraw any bid or proposal within a period of thirty (30) days following the date set for receiving bids or proposals. The Board of Public Works and Safety reserves the right to waive informalities and reserves the right to reject and/or cancel any and all bids, solicitations and/or offers in whole or in part as specified in the solicitations when it is not in the best interests of the governmental body as determined by the purchasing agency in accordance with I.C. 5-22-18-2 A one hundred percent (100%) performance and payment bond will be required of the successful bidder. It is intended that actual construction of all work divisions shall be started as soon as practicable, and each bidder shall be prepared to enter promptly into a construction contract, furnish a performance bond, furnish a certificate of insurance, and begin work without delay. For special accommodations needed by physically challenged individuals planning to attend the bid opening please call 812-376-2570 or TDD 812-375-2720 at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting.