CIty rejects bids for project to aid V&M expansion

It’s back to the drawing board for the third time for Youngstown’s major improvement project needed for V&M Star’s expansion.

Despite the latest setback, city officials don’t expect the improvement work to hold up V&M’s expansion project.

The city’s board of control today rejected all six proposals for the project that consists of building and relocating railroad lines, and installing storm-sewer lines that would use $14.4 million from the federal stimulus fund.

The city and state agencies determined that the apparent low proposal of $14,339,389.10 from Atlas Railroad Construction Co. of Eighty Four, Pa., was not valid.

The city plans to seek proposals for this project and get the work started very soon. V&M has no objection to the city’s plans, a company official said.

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