Two million dollars in road improvements are on the way to the City of Bowling Green in the near future, after city commissioners voted unanimously to accept a bid from Scotty’s Contracting & Stone that will see repaving of many sections of city streets throughout fiscal year 2025.

“This would roughly get us around 11 miles of overlay paving,” City Manager Jeff Meisel told commissioners.

Meisel said much of this work will be completed in the spring, once asphalt processing plants restart after a usual winter break.

More than 140 overlays are outlined by the city for FY25, ranging from residential streets like Mooreland Drive and Canterbury Way to major thoroughfares including Dishman Lane and Westen Street, which links Campbell Lane with Scottsville Road.

The Traditions Boulevard area located off of Lovers Lane will see the most overlays under the plan with nine.

Also included in the bid are repairs to asphalt and the replacement of 56 handicap ramps throughout the city, according to a city memo.

“This is always a little bit subject to change,” Meisel said. “We know there’s going to be street cuts, we may hold off on some and catch them later.”

The bid from Scotty’s was the only one the city received for the project, according to the memo.

Commissioners also approved a quitclaim deed for the conveyance of 3.42 acres at 1925 River Street, land that will be used for an expansion of spay and neuter services by the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society.

“We have seen an extreme increase” in activity, Humane Society head Lorri Hare told commissioners. “We’re averaging approximately 11,000 intakes a year — when I started 25 years ago, that was about 2,800 a year.”

According to a memo from City Attorney Hillary Hightower, both the City of Bowling Green and Warren County owned this land and the site where the Humane Society’s current facility stands.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that what we do will be state-of-the-art,” Hare told commissioners. “It’s the one thing I want to finish before I retire.”

For the facility to expand, the memo states, the land had to be under the Humane Society’s name.

The quitclaim was filed to “allow the Humane Society to continue assisting the city and county with the public purpose project of providing an animal shelter program in the community.”

Commissioners Tuesday also approved the purchase of equipment and upfitting for police vehicles totaling $181,493.08 from Ridgenet Network Group of Science Hill.

The commission will meet for its final meeting of the calendar year on Dec. 17 at Bowling Green City Hall.