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Parkway improvement contract awarded

BULLHEAD CITY – A Prescott Valley based firm has been awarded a $2.6-million contract for making improvement along the Bullhead Parkway in Bullhead City. The Arizona State Transportation Board approved the contract for Asphalt Paving & Supply, Inc. (APS) during its Aug. 16 meeting in Safford.

The low bid submitted by APS was $557,000 (17.5%) under the state estimate. The project runs from Silver Creek Road to Laredo Drive.

“The work consists of raised median construction, pavement markings application, signing and lighting installation, and other related work,”

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Mohave County holds one of final workshops on General Plan

DOLAN SPRINGS – Mohave County Development Services staff on Monday, August 20, held a workshop on the General Plan for Dolan Springs, Meadview and White Hills. The workshop, which attracted about 35 participants, was for the purpose of getting public input on the zoning for eight sub-areas as well as the overall county areas. County sub-areas are the Arizona Strip, White Hills/Dolan Springs/Meadview, East Central, Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, Golden Valley, Kingman Area, and Southeast which includes Yucca.

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Business incubator planned for Kingman

KINGMAN – Kingman is planning a synergistic convergence of resources to provide a collaborative environment to stimulate community commerce modeled after the Nomadic incubator complex already thriving in Lake Havasu City. A trio of community leaders pitched the concept during the Aug. 20 Kingman City Council meeting.

The entire council embraced the initiative, particularly member Marion “Smiley” Ward,

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Bids out for Rancho Santa Fe Parkway project

KINGMAN – Five Arizona construction firms and another in Colorado have plan holder status and are in position to possibly submit bids to build an Interstate 40 traffic interchange (TI) in Kingman. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is scheduled on Sept. 6 to open bids for the Rancho Santa Fe Parkway TI.

The City has already paid the agency $48.3 million to administer project construction in northeast Kingman.

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County Corner

As your Mohave County Treasurer, I am excited to bring you this month’s County Corner and share with you exciting news about the new bid process that allows for Over-the-Counter (OTC) sale of unsold tax deeded parcels that were previously available for purchase at a Tax Deed Sale. The outcome of this process is that you are purchasing land, not a lien. This new OTC bid process will begin this September and end November 30th. Starting in 2025, this process will then be available annually between April 15th and November 30th.

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