JAMESTOWN – The city of Jamestown will have a new salt barn come winter. During a special meeting of the City Council on Monday, the council approved the bid of G.L. Olson, totaling $236,300, for the construction of a new salt barn. The project was originally awarded to the low bidder, E.E. Austin, for $191,000. According to the Post-Journal, the contractor, however, declined the project, due to an inability to complete the project for the amount bid, and is forfeiting the bid bond of 5 percent of the bid, totaling around $9,500, which will help fund the salt barn. Public Works Director Jeff Lehman says he’d like to see construction on the new structure is begin by mid-July, with completion projected for the first part of September.
The salt barn will be located to the east of the municipal fueling station across from the BPU, where the transformers are currently located. It will not only help save money by preventing salt from being lost to runoff due to precipitation, but it will also remediate certain environmental concerns.
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