Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: February 24, 1958

A $116,373.90 contract for construction work on 5.603 miles of road on the Soboba and Pechanga Indian Reservations in Riverside County, California, has been awarded to the Hubbs Equipment Co., P.O. Box 17; Colton, California, the Department of the Interior announced today.

The Hubbs bid was the lowest of sixteen received. The others ranged from $117,597.05 to $159,761.00. Bids were opened by the Bureau of Public Roads.

The construction work is part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs program of improving roads on Indian Reservations to acceptable standards and transferring them to county highway systems. Upon completion, the mileage will be incorporated in the system of Riverside County.