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Hertford streetscape grant bid comes in at $1.2M; town to negotiate, may need $45,000 more
Summary
A single bidder submitted $1.2 million for a $725,000 streetscape/connectivity grant project; after design and engineering obligations the town has $654,200 in remaining grant funds and designers are negotiating with the bidder to reduce scope toward $700,000, leaving a potential $45,000 town funding gap plus additional vegetation and electrical costs.
Manager Doris Walton told the council on March 23 that the Town of Hertford received one bid—B.E. Singleton—for its streetscape/connectivity project and that the bid totaled about $1.2 million, well above the $725,000 grant award. Walton said the budget had $654,200 remaining after paying for design and engineering and that the project designer and architect were negotiating with B.E. Singleton to lower the cost…
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