Petersburg Pilot -

The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously voted during Monday's meeting to award the construction contract for the Blind Slough Hydroelectric refurbishment project to McG/Dawson Joint Venture for an amount not to exceed $5,744,000.

McG/Dawson's contract bid was evaluated by an engineering team led by Don Jarrett, P.E. with McMillen and was recommended to the assembly by both McMillen and Petersburg Municipal Power and Light.

The project received four contract bids ranging from $5,744,000 up to $14,912,823.60.

McG/Dawson's bid was the lowest received, totaling $5,692,000 for the majority of t...