The Covington Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of $260,000 of soil and fill material for the Central Riverfront development project at the former site of the IRS data processing center at the city caucus meeting on Tuesday night.
Covington’s Economic Development Director Tom West said the 26,000 cubic yards worth of materials would eventually be used to bring the land on the site up to the necessary elevation for development. West said the site would need about 65,000 cubic yards to make the elevation uniform. He said the pricing offer he’d received was under the typical market rate for such material.
“We have an opportunity to purchase at about, actually, a little bit less than half of what that would ordinarily cost,” West said. “I think the going rates probably $28/yard, and we can get 26,000 yards for $10/yard.”
This brings the total purchase price to $260,000.
The city will purchase the dirt and fill materials from Bray Construction Services, Inc. out of Alexandria. The purchase would also include fencing to properly store the soil, clean up, and daily maintenance.
Documents submitted to the commission indicate the materials would become available for importation sometime next week.
