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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Nearly $2 million resurfacing projects to include Morse Boulevard Bridge

Resurfacing projects will begin soon on two heavily traveled sections of Morse and Buena Vista boulevards.

The Morse project will cover a distance of about 0.8 miles from County Road 466 to about 1,000 feet south of Stillwater Trail, including roundabouts and the Morse Boulevard Bridge.

On Buena Vista, resurfacing will be done on 1.25 miles of the road from 300 feet south of Lake Miona Drive to County Road 466A, including roundabouts.

Sumter County commissioners Tuesday approved contracts with D.A.B. Constructors, the lowest bidder on both projects, to complete the work. Three companies bid on the Buena Vista project and four on the Morse project.

D.A.B.’s bids were $1.05 million for Buena Vista and $848,889 for Morse.

Both projects, which involve milling, paving, base reconditioning and pavement markings, are expected to take 105 days.

With about 250 employees and annual revenue of about $60 million, D.A.B. Constructors works on state and county road projects in 15 counties between Tampa and Daytona. Founded in 1987 by Debora Bachschmidt, the company also operates asphalt plants in Leesburg and Brooksville.

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