Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: March 14, 1958

A $51,306.45 contract for road construction on the Big Pine Reservation at Big Pine, Inyo County, California, has been awarded.to J. T. Smith Company, San Fernando, California, the Department of the Interior announced today.

It was the lowest of the fourteen bids received.

The construction of the 2.66 miles of road will give access to existing residential areas and other areas within the reservation.

The work is part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs program for improving Indian roads to standards acceptable for incorporation in county road systems. Upon completion, these roads are to become Inyo County roads.