The Washington County Board of Supervisors reviewed bids and awarded the contract for grading work on Elm Avenue located west of West Chester Tuesday.

County Engineer Jacob Thorius shared that the bid opening was held last week for the work on Elm Avenue from 250th Street north three miles to Highway 92. Thorius shared that his estimate made last winter was approximately $490,000, not predicting rising inflation and fuel costs. The five bids received all exceeded that estimate, with the lowest coming in at about $549,606 from DeLong Construction of Washington. Thorius recommended their bid and expressed no concern with it being about $100,000 less than the next lowest bid. He said that the county has enough Farm to Market funds to proceed, and this project has been budgeted in their five-year plan.