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Kennesaw to resurface 4 streets for $421K

As the low bidder, Bartow Paving Company, Inc. will be paid $421,293 to resurface four streets in Kennesaw. AJC file photo
As the low bidder, Bartow Paving Company, Inc. will be paid $421,293 to resurface four streets in Kennesaw. AJC file photo
By Carolyn Cunningham
Oct 9, 2019

The Kennesaw City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 7 to award a $421,293 contract to low bidder Bartow Paving Company, Inc. to resurface four streets.

Approved for the 2019 Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant Program, these streets include:

  • Lockhart Drive – from Big Shanty Drive to McCollum Parkway
  • Ellison Lake Drive – from Cobb Parkway to end
  • Cobb International Place – from Cobb International Drive to end
  • Dobbs Drive – from Melody Lane to Cobb Parkway

In other business, the Council agreed to allow the Police Department to scrap or sell seven police vehicles, including a 2008 Harley Police Cycle and two 2012 Harley Police Cycles.

The cars include:

  • 2009 Ford Crown Vic at 142,508 miles
  • 2009 Ford Crown Vic at 128,815 miles
  • 2001 Chevrolet Silverado at 125,524 miles
  • 2008 Ford Crown Vic at 104,061 miles

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