The Barrington Town Council has approved a bid to hire a Pawtucket company to repave nine roads in town and a parking lot at the Peck Center.

At its May 1 meeting, the Council voted 5-0 to award a $600,000 bid to Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt Inc. to repave Belton Circle, Belton Drive, Candy Court, Claremont Road, Clover Lane, Edgewood Drive, Hearthwood Drive, Newbrook Drive and Starbrook Drive. In addition, the company will repave the lower parking lot at the Peck Center. 

Funding for the work will come from the $1 million remaining in the 2018 Roadway Resurfacing Bond.

Barrington Department of Public Works Director Alan Corvi told members of the Town Council that Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt was the low bidder on the project. 

In a memo to the town manager, Corvi listed the seven companies that submitted bids to do the road repaving work. Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt came in at $447,387, followed by D’Ambra Construction Company, Inc., which bid $533,826 to complete the work. The highest bidder was J.H. Lynch and Sons, which bid $857,847 to do the repaving. 

At the Council meeting, Corvi offered a strong endorsement for Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt. He said the town had prior repaving contracts with Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt and conducted extensive lab and field tests on the asphalt. Materials and workmanship conformed to the specifications of the contract, he said. 

Corvi added: “I was ecstatic to get this price.”

The DPW director increased the $447,387 bid from Pawtucket Hot Mix Asphalt to $600,000 when he recommended an additional $152,613 for contingencies and for any additional streets. 

Barrington Town Council member Kate Berard asked how streets could be added to the initial list, should the funding be available. Councilor Braxton Cloutier then asked Berard if she had a special request, which drew a few laughs.

Corvi said the additional funding would likely be used if unplanned work surfaces, such as a repair to a sewer pumping station.