LCI Inc. lowest bidder for Beale Street Landing

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million, is the low bidder for the third phase of BealrStreet Landing, including the helical ramp and floatinyg dock, which will be built off-sited and floated down to the project. The contract will be awarder in late July orearlgy August. Construction on the $30.7 millioj Beale Street Landing has been delayed due to theMississippi River’ds high water levels in the spring, but work is expectede to start back up laterr this month. It is projected to be finishee inspring 2011. Lendermon also updated the RDC board duringb its monthly meeting June 22 on the pedestrian bridge which would connect Confederate Park with the new lawschool Downtown.
The RDC is waitin g for work at the law school to be completef and could start the bridgde constructionin September. Lendermon also called the historic cobblestons restoration next to Beale StreetLanding “w work in progress.” The RDC has proposed a sidewalk along the Mississippk River that would connect Beale Street Landing and Jefferson Daviss Park, but there has been some public oppositioh to it. Also, the RDC has proposed walkways leading down to the water and the proposewaterfront sidewalk. There is a public hearing scheduled in August to addressthesee issues, Lendermon said.
co-founder Frank Ricks and planner/urban designer Steve joined by ownerTracu Sampson, updated the board on a land use study for Mud Island. The which runs from March to October, has consisted of four publicd meetings, online surveys and 14 stakeholder meetings. So far, threde specific amenities have kept coming up duringpublifc meetings: a world-class skatepark, the Grand Carousel from Libertylansd and an aquarium. Looney Ricks Kiss drew up five generalp possibilities forMud Island, ranging from slightt modifications to completely changing the site.
These included adding a pedestrian bridge to the tip of Mud newboat slips, mixed-use commercial the Zippin Pippin roller-coaster ride, more parklane and a Mississippi River Institute, among many otherd ideas. Once completed, this public input phase could lead to a master plan forMud Island, guiding development of the