Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Gulf Group awarded bid to repair SGI fishing pier


Franklin County commissioners have awarded the bid to repair the St. George Island fishing pier.

The pier, which is actually a section of the old St. George Island bridge, was damaged in late June during Tropical Storm Debby when it was hit by a barge belonging to the Orion Marine Group, a company that was doing work in the bay for Progress Energy.

The barge knocked out three sections of roadway, leaving a 165 foot gap that makes it impossible for people to access much of the pier.

In October the county commission approved a repair plan to replace the missing section of bridge with a 16 foot wide timber pier held up by concrete piles.

The county received four bids for the work which ranged from 566 thousand dollars to nearly 954 thousand.

Last week the commission awarded the contract to the Gulf Group out of Southport, Florida – Gulf Group was the lowest bidder at 566,171 dollars.

The county has set aside about 600 thousand dollars for the work from a fund the county has for pier maintenance.

They hope that the repair work will be complete by June 1st so fishermen can use the pier over the busy tourist season. 


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