Supervisors approve additional design work for third phase of F-48 resurfacing

Additional work is needed to complete the third and final phase of the Highway F-48 West resurfacing project, which has spanned a few years now.

County Engineer Michael Frietsch presented the board of supervisors this past week with the second supplemental agreement with Snyder & Associates for the additional design work associated with the project. The county intends to submit its final plans in mid-January 2026 and have a bid letting in April 2026.

Frietsch said when the county first began the preliminary work for the third phase of F-48 West he knew a curve near 124th Street would have to be realigned and additional right-of-way would need to be acquired. Tying 124th Street in to the project offered even more challenges for the county.

“And then also what we had to do to make it all work together, we needed additional right-of-way on 44th Avenue as well because we ended having to redo 124th Street from the curve all the way south of 44th (Avenue) and raise the grade and horizontal curvature,” Frietsch said.

Jasper County added that scope into the project.

“Also the (second) supplemental agreement adds the construction admin services in for later,” Frietsch said. “So we’re looking at about $13,000 on the construction admin services that got added, and then the rest of the changes add about $30,000 altogether. So you’re talking about another $17,000 or so.”

Farm-to-market funds will pay for the design services and construction admin services for the second supplemental agreement, which total $29,400.