Adams Receives Bids on Planned Train Station
ADAMS, Mass. — The town received three bids for part of the $552,000 Adams Station and Park project on Hoosac Street.
The former car wash will be transformed to welcome visitors from the Berkshire Scenic Railway's Hoosac Valley Service that will eventually have a terminus there.
The project involves demolition and removal of pavement, installation of underground and electrical utilities for street lights, construction of a metal shade structure, a chain link fence, benches and tables, and landscaping. The exterior will be renovated to look like a train depot.
The structure will host exhibits and information on the town and the railway; a 300-foot-long boarding platform will eventually be built.
The lowest bid came in from Burke Construction Co. at $233,233.
The highest was J.H. Maxymillian Inc. at $385,850; Caracas Construction Corp. bid $286,000.
The town received a $386,820 Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities grant that covers about 70 percent of the project’s costs. The town will balance that with $165,000 from free cash, which was approved during town meeting in March.
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