Construction crew makes discovery at landing: bonus cobblestones
The extra, 5,300 square feet of buried stones would expand the area of the cobblestone-landing project by nearly 2% if state and local officials agree to enlarge the restoration site.
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The extra, 5,300 square feet of buried stones would expand the area of the cobblestone-landing project by nearly 2% if state and local officials agree to enlarge the restoration site.
The Fairgrounds conversion to Liberty Park got a $4 million boost Tuesday, Feb. 2, to begin some ground work in May as well as to start designing buildings.
The agenda also includes changes to the city’s financial policies to allow the balloon debt structure to finance the project.
The City of Memphis is evaluating bids ranging from $9.4 million to $10.1 million for restoration of and other improvements to the historic Memphis cobblestone landing.
With bids over budget, options could include re-bidding, scaling down the project or finding more funding.
The design includes two pedestrian overlooks on the west side of Riverside Drive at Monroe and at Union and a six-foot-wide, wheelchair-accessible walkway on the eastern, upper edge of the landing between Court and Monroe.
Memphis River Parks Partnership expects an October launch of the historic cobblestone landing restoration and November start on the first phase of Tom Lee Park's transformation.
The Mississippi River has been lubricating the economic machinery of Memphis since land speculators put down stakes where a high bluff overlooked the muddy terminus of the Wolf River.
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