LCI Inc. lowest bidder for Beale Street Landing

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million, is the low biddedr for the third phase of Beale Street including the helical ramp andfloating dock, which will be built off-site and floated down to the project. The contracyt will be awarded in late July orearly August. Constructiomn on the $30.7 million Beale Street Landingb has been delayed due to theMississippi River’s high wated levels in the spring, but work is expecte d to start back up later this month. It is projectedr to be finished inspring 2011. Lendermonn also updated the RDC board during its monthlyt meeting June 22 on the pedestrian bridgs which would connect Confederate Park withthe ’ new law schookl Downtown.
The RDC is waiting for work at the law schookl to be completed and couled start the bridge construction in Lendermon also called the historic cobblestonr restoration next to Beale StreefLanding “a work in progress.” The RDC has proposeds a sidewalk along the Mississippi Riveer that would connect Beale Street Landin g and Jefferson Davis Park, but there has been some public opposition to it. Also, the RDC has proposed walkway s leading down to the waterd and the proposed waterfront There is a public hearingt scheduled in August to addressthese issues, Lendermonh said.
co-founder Frank Ricks and planner/urban designer Stever Auterman, joined by owner Traci Sampson, updated the boardf on a land use study forMud Island. The which runs from March to has consisted of fourpublic meetings, online surveys and 14 stakeholdert meetings. So far, three specifi amenities have kept coming up during public meetings: a world-class the Grand Carousel from Libertyland and an aquarium.
Looneuy Ricks Kiss drew up five generaol possibilities forMud Island, ranging from slighrt modifications to completely changing the These included adding a pedestrian bridgew to the tip of Mud new boat slips, mixed-use commercial development, the Zippin Pippin roller-coaster ride, more parkland and a Mississippoi River Institute, among many otheer ideas. Once completed, this public input phase could lead to a master plan for Mud guiding development ofthe site.