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Train depot issue to be resolved soon?
14 August 2008 –By William Holloman, staff writer
The planned major renovation of the old Mount Olive train depot is an issue that has been up and down like a well-used yo-yo.
However, a resolution to the on again, off again project should be made with two weeks.
The town’s $100,000 N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant turned out not to be anywhere near what was needed for the enhancement project.
Matter of fact, town manager Charles Brown said when the project was put out for bid the lowest bid came in at $152,000.
He said that made it obvious the project could not get under way.
Now, Mayor Ray McDonald, Sr. is trying to get some answers, and the town manager said state officials may find additional monies to go ahead with the project.
The town has planned for several years to do both interior and exterior renovations, including new lighting and heating and air conditioning.
Brown said Mayor McDonald is trying to get the additional money to award the bid and go ahead with the project.
He said he is also trying to get state approval, if the additional monies are not available, to go ahead with getting some of the project under way.
If the state will allow that, the town manager said the project can get under way soon.
If not, he said it will have to most likely be put out for bid again.
Brown said say the low bidder for the project did specify line items and if the state would allow it the total bid could probably be cut back to meet the amount of money already on hand for the work.
Brown said he hopes the mayor can get an answer one way or the other soon.
He said if it continues as current status the plans will merely continues to collect dust and the price of the total project will increase as time goes by.
Initially, the town got the $100,000 grant to relocated the old depot from its current site on Main Street back to its original site on North Center Street.
However, land to relocate the old structure, which is now part of the town’s civic center, is not available.
The state authorized spending the $100,000 grant for complete renovation.
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