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Wilmington approves parks operations facility and $11.97M construction contract; project cost climbs to about $13.3M
Summary
Council approved an appropriation and awarded a construction contract to J.M. Thompson Company for a new parks operations facility; staff cited material-cost increases and presented a final project budget near $13.3 million funded from project closeouts, capital balances and added debt capacity.
Wilmington’s City Council unanimously approved a capital-appropriation ordinance and a companion resolution to award the construction contract for a new parks operations facility. The council authorized an appropriation of $4,209,071 and awarded the contract to J.M. Thompson Company of Cary for a base bid of roughly $11.78 million with selected alternates bringing the contract award to $11,971,273.
Public works director Dave Mace told council the new facility will consolidate parks maintenance, urban forestry and related operations on a 7.5‑acre site adjacent to the existing operations complex on River…
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