Bidding open for cemetery project

The Hot Springs County Cemetery District has opened bids for the construction of an expansion project at Monument Hill Cemetery. Included in the project is rock removal and site preparation for an eastern expansion of the cemetery, approximately up to 279 feet by 400 feet or 2.6 acres.

Cemetery District chair, Basil Sorensen, said the boundaries of the cemetery are not being changed; the project is still within the established fence line. However, in the southeast corner there is a lot of travertine rock which can’t be broken up with the equipment we have here so the job is being contracted out.

Work for the project includes topsoil removal and replacement, disposal or crushing of the rocks and maintaining positive drainage.

Bids will be taken until 2 p.m. local time on March 30, though there will be a pre-bid conference at 1 p.m. local time on March 22 at the HSC Cemetery District, Monument Hill Maintenance Shop, 105 Airport Road.