Council Awards Bid for Bellevue Restoration Project
The bid award from a Pawtucket company was approved 5-1 for the Bellevue Avenue Concrete Restoration project.
After a lengthy debate at the end of Wednesday night's Newport City Council meeting, the council approved a bid award for the Bellevue Avenue Concrete Restoration 5-1, with Council Kate Leonard opposing. Councilor Jeanne Marie Napolitano was absent from Wednesday night's meeting. Leonard opposed awarding the bid on Wednesday because she said she would like to ensure that “repairs that are being suggested are fully understood. . .and why the failure has occurred.” Leonard was referring the last repairs made to fix the joints on Bellevue Avenue. She said she would like to see the bid award continued until the next meeting to allow further analysis on the current bid and reasons for the shortcomings in past projects. “It wasn't long ago that…
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