Last week the Bulloch County commissioners quietly approved contracts totaling about $3.47 million for construction of bridges on road segments that have been closed for more than a year, on Cypress Lake Road and G.W. Oliver Road. Both contract recommendations were included in the commissioners’ “consent agenda” during the Tuesday, Aug. 4, regular meeting and approved along with 15 other “consent” items by a single motion and 5-0 vote. Although the bridge contracts were not discussed specifically, the County Engineering Office’s recommendations, the bid lists and hundreds of pages of supporting documents were included in the agenda packets. “We anticipate both bridge structures being completed and the roads reopened Fall of next year, weather permitting,” stated an announcement posted by county staff on the Board of Commissioners’ Facebook page the next day. On Cypress Lake Road, the new bridge will be a replacement of the more than 50-year-old bridge that has been closed since a vehicle – reportedly a stolen truck, which was then abandoned – crashed into it and damaged a primary support beam on Feb. 25, 2025. The commissioners awarded Southeastern Site Development the construction contract for this bridge project at a price of $1,876,727 (all costs rounded to dollars). That was the lowest of six bids received by the county, with the other five companies’ offers ranging from a little over $1.9 million to $4.25 million. Southeastern Site Development’s winning bid was also…
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