The City of Mount Vernon approved moving forward with overlay of the Business 30 road from the border of city limits to the roundabout with Hwy. 1.

L.L. Pelling was the lone bidder on the project, with a cost of $781,737. L.L. Pelling will be working on similar improvements through the community of Lisbon.

“We had hoped to maybe push this project off, but with Lisbon completing their project this summer, it made sense to complete it as we’d get the most favorable bids for the improvements to the road this year,” city administrator Chris Nosbisch said.

Council member Scott Rose asked if these projects will be tackled at roughly the same time frame so disruption along Business 30 is limited. Nosbisch said that would be the case.

“The process of repaving will go very fast,” Nosbisch said.