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Port awards contract for tunnel repairs
Saturday, June 27, 2009 | No comments posted.
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay is moving forward with tunnel repairs that led Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad to close the Coos Bay Rail Line in September 2007. The Board of Commissioners awarded a contract to LRL Construction Co. of Tillamook this week to repair three tunnels along the 111-mile railroad line.
LRL was one of five companies that expressed interest in the contract. Its bid, at $1.7 million, was the lowest, according to a port press release.
The Oregon company is expected to start work in early July, with repairs completed before the end of the year.
The port received a $2.5 million grant earlier from the federal stimulus package to pay for the repairs on the line that it purchased for about $16 million in March. Additional repairs are needed before the line can reopen, though the port still is looking for funding.
LRL was one of five companies that expressed interest in the contract. Its bid, at $1.7 million, was the lowest, according to a port press release.
The Oregon company is expected to start work in early July, with repairs completed before the end of the year.
The port received a $2.5 million grant earlier from the federal stimulus package to pay for the repairs on the line that it purchased for about $16 million in March. Additional repairs are needed before the line can reopen, though the port still is looking for funding.
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