- Dates
- 2014-04-14 – 2014-11-25
- Kind
- Infrastructure
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- infrastructuretransportationgovernmentplanning
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 14, 2014, bids were opened for repaving King’s Highway south from Four Corners. A forum notice identified an apparent low bidder and a bid in the range of $1.7 million; a longer thread preserved subsequent community discussion of scope, bike lanes, financing, and adjacent roads.
Evidence limits
These are contemporaneous forum reports and public discussion. They do not by themselves establish the final contract, scope, cost, or completed paving.
Sources
- In an election discussion, one participant said Kings Highway was scheduled to be paved the following year; another participant disputed earlier road-commission claims. The thread records local expectation and political disagreement, not an official schedule, appropriation, or contract. The later 2014 bid record provides stronger evidence that a paving project entered procurement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006926
- Community and project-related posts reported the apparent low bidder, a bid near $1.7 million, and subsequent public discussion of scope, bike lanes, financing, and related roads. The forum documents advocacy and updates, not a contract award, final scope, or completion record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007315
- Community and project-related posts reported the apparent low bidder, a bid near $1.7 million, and subsequent public discussion of scope, bike lanes, financing, and related roads. The forum documents advocacy and updates, not a contract award, final scope, or completion record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007353
- Community updates reported that paving was underway and described early asphalt work, road-edge and bicycle-safety concerns, and continued progress reporting by Beaver Island News on the Net. These observations supplement the bid-stage record but do not establish final completion or contract scope.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007761
- During an election discussion, incumbent county commissioner Richard Gillespie claimed that local representation helped keep King's Highway from being deferred and said a county garage/transit/sheriff building remained planned. These are campaign-thread claims by an interested officeholder, not held county minutes or procurement records, so they do not prove causation, final timing, or facility completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007803
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island receives a bid for King's Highway repaving”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kings-highway-repaving-bids-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "ELECTION DAY," November 4–5, 2013. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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