One contractor showed up to get additional information at a prebid conference held Thursday to move the Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority’s downtown canoe/kayak launch project forward.

ADICA President and Downtown Manager Aaron Blair said Thursday afternoon he wants to start the project, which will see three canoe/kayak launches built adjacent to the downtown Riverfront Park, now that the water level of the Flint River is down.

“We need to get this project under construction while the river is down and the weather is cooperating,” Blair said. “I’d like to see this project started by mid-Novemeber.

“We had one contractor (LRA Constructors) ask for information at the prebid, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be the only ones to bid on the project. It is a specialized project, which will limit the total number of bids, but we think we’ll see other companies get involved before bids close toward the end of October.”

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