Bryan city council awards a contract to rebuild Mumford Road north of FM 2818

This podcast contains comments from the June 4, 2025 Bryan city council meeting.The Bryan city council at its June meeting, awarded a $7.1 million dollar construction contract to rebuild Mumford Road north of FM 2818 and add a traffic signal at that intersection.What is now a narrow rural roadway will become a 38 foot wide street with a center turning lane that will serve new and future manufacturing facilities.Project funding includes a federal grant and a split of the remainder from the city and the Bryan/Brazos County economic development foundation.The contract price is more than $1.2 million under the original cost estimate of $8.4 million.The contract also calls for construction to be completed in 400 days.Mayor Bobby Gutierrez and public works director Jayson Barfknecht says in the future, Mumford Road could be rebuilt north to Louis Mikulin Road and south of FM 2818 to Highway 21.Click HERE to read and download background information about the project.