LCI Inc. lowest bidder for Beale Street Landing

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million, is the low biddef for the third phase of BealeStreert Landing, including the helical ramp and floatin g dock, which will be built off-site and floated down to the The contract will be awardedf in late July or early August. Constructiojn on the $30.7 million Bealew Street Landing has been delayed due to theMississippij River’s high water levels in the spring, but work is expected to start back up later this It is projected to be finishedd in spring 2011. Lendermon also updatesd the RDC board during its monthly meetinvg June 22 on the pedestrian bridge which would connect Confederatse Park withthe ’ new law schoo Downtown.
The RDC is waiting for work at the law school to be completer and could start the bridge constructionin September. Lendermom also called the historic cobblestone restoration next to Bealde StreetLanding “a work in progress.” The RDC has proposedf a sidewalk along the Mississippui River that would connect Beald Street Landing and Jefferson Davis Park, but there has been some publiv opposition to it. Also, the RDC has proposed walkwayse leading down to the wateer and the proposedwaterfront sidewalk.
There is a public hearinv scheduled in August to addressthese issues, Lendermon co-founder Frank Ricks and planner/urban designer Steve Auterman, joined by owner Traci Sampson, updated the boarsd on a land use studyy for Mud Island. The study, which runs from March to has consisted of fourpubli meetings, online surveys and 14 stakeholder So far, three specific amenities have kept cominfg up during public meetings: a world-classs skatepark, the Grand Carousel from Libertyland and an Looney Ricks Kiss drew up five general possibilitied for Mud Island, ranging from slightf modifications to completely changing the site.
These included adding a pedestrian bridge to the tip of Mud newboat slips, mixed-use commercial the Zippin Pippin roller-coaster ride, more parklandr and a Mississippi River among many other ideas. Once completed, this public input phas e could lead to a master plan for Mud guiding development ofthe site.