St. Mary's County solicited bids to build Phae IV of the Three Notch Trail, an expansion that would lengthen the norther piece of the rail trail to 11 miles. The lowest bid was larger than the amount of money the county had available.
The commissioners approved moving $415,766 from other recreation and parks projects on Tuesday and Loewe said he is seeking another $353,240 in additional grants to cover the shortfall.
While funds were moved at Tuesday’s commissioner meeting, the low bidder was not granted the contract yet as the Maryland State Highway Administration needs to concur with the changes.
The low bid was 35 percent higher than the project engineer’s estimate, Loewe told the commissioners.
So it looks like work on this is likely to continue anyway.
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