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The city published a notice Wednesday saying it will award the contract to the same company that recently finished taking down the city’s Robert E. Lee memorial Newport News-based Team Henry Enterprises, which bid $1.5 million on the project, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Richmond has awarded a contract for removing the city's last major Confederate statue and the pedestals where other Civil War monuments once stood. The city published a notice Wednesday saying it will award the contract to the same company that recently finished taking down the city’s Robert E.
Sources close to the governor and mayor have said that both officials feel it is important to finalize the transfer of the Lee monument prior to Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin’s inauguration.