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This is the first I've heard of this. This is the article in regards to the $3.1 million first phase, with a grand total of $20 million expected to go into the project.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2012/02/six_contractors_bid_on_31_mill.html
Anyone know where Salem Wharf is? I know Derby Wharf (the really long one, with a lighthouse at the end) and Pickering Wharf (which is just like the adjacent Derby Wharf, but much shorter).
Six contractors bid on $3.1 million Salem Wharf project
By Justin A. Rice, Town Correspondent
Six contractors submitted bids earlier this week for the $3.1 million Salem Wharf project after the city extended its original deadline on the request for proposals by two weeks.
In December the federal and state government gave Salem the green light to begin construction on Salem Wharf — a long sought after economic boon that could expand cruise ship traffic as well as draw whale watching and fishing boats to the pier. The improvements have been sought for 20 years, and Mayor Kim Driscoll has tried to secure funding for the project since she took office in 2006.
In October 2010 Salem received $1.3 million from the Seaport Advisory Council to make improvements to Salem’s waterfront.
This week bids to build the first phase of the project came from Randolph-based Sea & Shore Contracting, Quincy-based CRC Company, Inc., Boston-based Cashman Equipment, Inc., Lowell-based S&R Corp., East Boston-based BTT Marine Construction, Co. and Salisbury-based SPS New England.
“We would’ve loved more than six [bids] frankly,” Driscoll said in an interview last night. “But we’re just going through them now and we’ll get a handle on who bid, what their qualifications are and what the numbers are. I know that some of the bids came in over budget so we’ll be looking at what to do about that.”
City officials say the two week delay will not push back the construction timeline. Construction could begin as early as this winter and be completed by the spring of 2013.
Overall, the three-phase project is expected to cost $20 million and will include a 390-foot pier with a 180-foot T-shaped portion.
The second two phases have not been funded yet.
Driscoll said it will take at least a week to sift through the bids with the city’s engineering team.
Driscoll said it’s exciting to have concrete proposals in hand.
“Now we need to make sure we figure out how to live within our budget and get things going,” she said. “But it’s definitely a major step to get things going and have proposals in.”
Justin A. Rice can be reached at jrice.globe@gmail.com.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/salem/2012/02/six_contractors_bid_on_31_mill.html
Anyone know where Salem Wharf is? I know Derby Wharf (the really long one, with a lighthouse at the end) and Pickering Wharf (which is just like the adjacent Derby Wharf, but much shorter).