Construction on Riverfront Park delayed
PARKERSBURG — It will take steel to begin construction of the city’s Riverfront Park. However, governmental red tape is holding things up, according to one city official.
City Development Director Ann Conageski said construction on the park likely won’t begin until the fall. Conageski, who months earlier anticipated construction on the park beginning this spring, said the city is waiting on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to sign the cooperative agreement for the park.
City council approved its end of the cooperative agreement at the end of April.
“Once we get the cooperative agreement signed, the first thing the Corps is going to do is order the steel,” she said. “The lag time from the order to the time it gets here is 12 to 18 weeks.”
Conageski said the hope is the Corps will buy the steel at the same time it puts bids out for a contractor. However, nothing will happen until the cooperative agreement is signed.
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