U.S. courthouse on track to late May groundbreaking

April 17th, 2008 at 12:02pm Chuck Sweeny

Good news on the progress of the new, $100 million U.S. courthouse, to be built in downtown Rockford.

Rich Carter, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, tells me that “the General Services Administration says everything is moving forward as scheduled. They are still amid the bidding process and plan to start awarding bids in early May. Groundbreaking is scheduled for late May and we are still finalizing the date for the ceremony.

“Also, GSA is getting a high rate of local participation in the bidding process. More than 70 percent of the bids are coming from within the 815 area code.”

That’s good news for local construction workers and local firms who will be getting a piece of the action on this $100 million project.

Thanks to Manzullo and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, for working diligently for a decade on this project.

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