PERU – Selectmen reviewed road construction bids from four contractors Monday night and will decide which to accept in the next 10 days.

Dale Carlton is serving as manager for $440,000 project. The work includes rebuilding Pleasant Street and a portion of Main Street connecting to Dickvale Road from the area of the Post Office to McDonald’s farm; paving two sections of Gammon Road, Ridge Road (Main Street to Merrill farm), Peru Center Road and Valley Road (Tozier to Holland Road), and replacing the manhole system in the area of Main Street by Mrs. B’s Store.

The four bidders and offers are: C.H. Stevenson and Sons Inc. of Wayne, $535,250; Pike Industries of Lewiston, $510,743; Bruce Manzer, $420,569.22, and Dwayne Vaughn and Sons, bidding with David Gammon, $418,378.45.

Road Commissioner David Gammon was asked by board Chairman Bill Hine to compile figures on how much money he needs to do the preparatory work before contractors can begin. That work includes 14 culverts, ditching and some blasting of ledge in ditches.

Gammon will have the figures by Thursday and will meet with the board at 4:30 p.m. to make a final determination of total costs of the capital improvements. The board is concerned about staying within the budget of $440,000 approved by the town.

Contractors were asked to give bids on each part of the work involved and then provide a total overall cost.

The low bid of $4.25 per yard was awarded to Vaughn and Sons of Peru to move the rest of the old sand pile. Hine asked how long it would take, and Vaughn replied a day to a day and a half.

In other matters, the board voted to have the Peru Historical Society handle recognition of the town’s oldest resident with the Boston Post gold-headed cane. It will will present a suggestion and cost to put the cane in a special case for display in the town office.

The next board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. June 18 at the school library. After the meeting, selectmen will meet with a representative from the University of Maine to discuss possible rental of the school by the university. Selectmen supported such a move.