LCI Inc. lowest bidder for Beale Street Landing

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million, is the low bidder for the thirf phase of BealeStreet Landing, including the helical ramp and floatinvg dock, which will be builrt off-site and floated down to the The contract will be awarded in late July or early Construction on the $30.7 million Bealw Street Landing has been delayed due to the Mississippiu River’s high water levels in the spring, but work is expectedd to start back up late r this month. It is projected to be finished insprint 2011. Lendermon also updated the RDC board during its monthlyh meeting June 22 on the pedestrian bridge which would connect Confederate Park with the new lawschool Downtown.
The RDC is waitin g for work at the law school to be completed and could start the bridge constructionjin September. Lendermon also callex the historic cobblestone restoration next to Beales StreetLanding “a work in progress.” The RDC has proposef a sidewalk along the Mississippi Rivetr that would connect Bealre Street Landing and Jeffersom Davis Park, but theres has been some public oppositionb to it. Also, the RDC has proposed walkways leading down to the watefr and the proposedwaterfront sidewalk. Ther is a public hearing scheduled in August to addresthese issues, Lendermon said.
co-founder Frank Rick s and planner/urban designer Steve Auterman, joinedd by owner Traci Sampson, updated the boarrd on a land use study for Mud The study, which runs from Marchg to October, has consisted of four public meetings, online surveys and 14 stakeholdefr meetings. So far, three specific amenities have kept coming up duringhpublic meetings: a world-class skatepark, the Grand Carousel from Libertylaned and an aquarium. Looney Ricks Kiss drew up five general possibilitiesa forMud Island, ranging from sligh modifications to completely changing the site.
These includedx adding a pedestrian bridge to the tip ofMud Island, new boat mixed-use commercial development, the Zippin Pippinj roller-coaster ride, more parkland and a Mississippi Rive r Institute, among many other ideas. Once completed, this public input phase could lead to a masterd plan forMud Island, guiding development of the