Glad to see the only Union contractor to bid got the project & will be proceeding with local people being employed

Stalls, stalls, and more stalls...
keep it up people and maybe you will get started in 2010

Yes, it is good that a local co. gets to do the work. There is a certain amount of spin off that will most likely be sourced local as well. With a contractor based elsewhere, the extra items might be brought in.
metalman.

good news work...start today..not start today....

'Glad to see the only Union contractor to bid got the project'

Must be why there's confusion, and apparent delays on the first day of 'construction'.

If IDL is doing anything at all, even just surveying or even paperwork, then the project is starting. Just because they're not putting up bridge spans today doesn't mean it's not underway.

Although this site is renowned for the negativism that permeates the comments some journalistic integrity would be nice from the staff.

An appropriate headline might have read "Physical brige construction may not start in May" because to imply anything else is false and poor journalism.....work has indeed already begun.... just not on the bricks and mortar yet.

You are confusing criticism with negativity, realitycheck!

Your own post is one that is critical of the nature of other posts, so it is not exactly an example of positivism either!

Let everyone say what they wish to say, realitycheck! What you interpret as *negativism* may be interpreted as informative or constructive criticism by many others!

How do you know that this site is renowned for negativism? Have you done a scientific opinion poll? I suspect that this is only your own personal conclusion.

How about you posting something really positive on a regular basis to counteract some of the so-called renowned negativism?

IDL project manager states "some approvals to get before we will be on site, like bonding issues" - why is there a bonding issue? Bonding has to be approved before you can even bid on a job and the bonding issued before the contract is awarded.

Well I'm glad a local contractor won the bid too. Even though there are delays I dont mind. The new Sandman hotel by the Brick is an outsider and no local supplies are being brought in. Its all being trucked in from abroad. I'd rather have a few delays and have locals making money off a project than have it on time and no money being put back into PG.

Journalism integrity demands non-biased reporting. For a true journalist to criticize in a story means it is simply an opinion not real news. Anyone with any journalistic background knows this is rule #1.
I have no issue with any opinions good, bad, or otherwise but don't try to tell me it's news, or in this case 250 News. Call a spade a spade.

Current delay number one, as far as I can tell, was to get the funding from the fenderal government in place before the contract was actually awarded or the contractor was given to the go ahead. I am not even sure it was a delay. They may have needed the bid price in place.

So, they now have the go ahead, and that is the start of construction, as realitycheck stated. Activity on site will be minimal.

One of the things they will likely be doing is securing the site on both sides of the river and putting up a site office, for instance.

The bond which would have been in place is the bid bond to allow the city to access dollars in case the winning contractor opted out of signing the contract.

Now that they have approval to go ahead, they would be putting the performance bond in place. Nothing unusual about that either.

Ahhhhh.... Owl... your wisdom is truly revealing..... so "bonding" and "bondage" really are two different things then !!

:-)