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Contract awarded to build street in Brewer
Thursday, May 18, 2006
A grant from
the state is paying for most of a new street that will be built near
Exit 5 of Interstate 395 and is part of a commercial development that is
expected to include a manufacturing facility for Nyle Corp.
Lane Development Excavation LLC of Glenburn, one of 10 area companies
that submitted bids, was awarded the $535,504 contract by city
councilors Tuesday.
A $400,000 Community Development Block Grant issued by the state
Department of Economic and Community Development will offset the road
construction cost, and the remaining $189,504 needed for the project,
including $54,000 in contingency funds, will be borrowed next year.
That so many companies applied for the job is "a real benefit to the
city," Frank Higgins, city engineer, told councilors.
The new road is part of a Brewer Economic Development Corp. project to
create a five-lot commercial subdivision located at the former Shurtleff
Salt factory off Parkway South, near its junction with I-395.
The city, BEDC and Nyle Corp., which manufactures heaters and
wood-drying equipment, have been working for several years on a project
to transplant the company from Center Street to a new facility at the
location.
"The current plan is for two buildings," Donald Lewis, president of Nyle
International Corp., said Wednesday. "One building is for the
manufacturing of the Nyletherm [Nyle Special Products'] heat pump hot
water heater and the cold climate heat pump, and one is to duplicate
what we do here at [Center Street]."
Nyle Special Products is located in Bangor. Once the new buildings are
constructed, the company hopes to add 100 manufacturing jobs, Lewis
said.
Lane will start the 1,600-foot road project, with a cul de sac at the
end, next month and should be done by mid-September, Cliff Lane, company
president, said Wednesday. The Glenburn company will employ a crew of
eight and has selected Randy Gardner as the project manager.
Councilor Larry Doughty suggested the new road be named Shurtleff Way in
honor of the salt factory. The decision on the name will not be made
until it is complete, Higgins said.
A copyright story
from the Bangor Daily News, Thursday, May 18, 2006. |
