Parking lot bids for shrine rejected
Certification, time issues behind county move
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The Allen County commissioners Friday rejected bids on a project to install a parking lot at the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum at 2122 O'Day Road.
Bill Hartman, director of the Allen County Highway Department, said the rejection was not because of unacceptably high or low bids.
A technical issue involving the type of certification with the state held by the low-bid contractor, Crosby Excavating of Fort Wayne, partly caused the rejection, he said.
Time constraints for beginning and finishing the project also played a role, Hartman said.