Low McEuen Bid: $14.6M

After years of speculating and estimating, the McEuen Field project costs are in, and the downtown park may have something close to a $14 million price tag after all. The lowest base bid for the McEuen Field reconstruction project came in at $14.6 million Tuesday, submitted by Coeur d’Alene-based Contractors Northwest Inc. The base bids for the project, submitted by six contractors, ranged from $14.6 million to $17.7 million, in the wheelhouse of what park designers had estimated. “I think we certainly have a project,” said Mayor Sandi Bloem, after the costs were unveiled at City Hall in front of a room full of city staff, park designers and vying contractorst/ Tom Hasslinger , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here. (Press photo: City Clerk Renata McLeod reads bids)

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