Z -- Re-establishment of Road Surfaces on the Flathead National Forest

The Flathead National Forest will be advertising a Request for Proposals for Re-establishing Road Surfaces on segments of three roads (three bid items) on the Hungry Horse and Swan Lake Ranger Districts, Flathead County, Montana. The project consists of utilizing mobile rock milling or rock crushing equipment to manufacture cushion material on all three roads or the option of using crushed aggregate on one of the roads. Work will include shaping the existing travelways and shoulders; providing a finished crown on flat sections of existing roads; maintaining existing cross slopes or crowns; cleaning existing culverts and ditches; and watering, mixing, compacting, grading, and shaping of the manufactured cushion material. Additional items include furnishing and installing culverts as well as reconstructing and constructing drain dips; and seeding, mulching, and fertilizing sites. Issue date, approximately March 24, 2003. Completion date, September 1, 2003, with an estimated Notice to Proceed date of June 2, 2003. The Government price estimate range is between $100,000 and $250,000.