An Effingham company has been awarded the bid to construct a new Wabash County highway department headquarters. At their regular meeting yesterday, county commissioners approved the low bid from K. Wohltman Construction in the amount of $1,429,000. The bid was the lowest from among the 8 quotes received for the project. In addition to the building, commissioners approved spending $14,000 for a natural gas fired emergency generator, something commissioner Tim Hocking said was important for not just the highway department….
It’s estimated the project will take 270 calendar days to complete. The county will use more than $1 million in ARPA funds to help pay for the project with the remainder coming from the highway department’s budget.