Article: Eight firms submit bids for study of ramp repairs: CITY OF LOCKPORT.

Byline: Thomas J. Prohaska

Apr. 5--LOCKPORT -- Eight engineering firms have submitted bids on a contract to determine the feasibility of repairs on the Main Street parking ramp. Mayor Michael W. Tucker said before Wednesday's Common Council meeting that a staff committee will meet Tuesday and recommend one of the firms for the Council to hire at its April 18 meeting.

The 32-year-old ramp has been closed since August because of crumbling concrete, blamed on decades of road salt. The consultants were asked to consider three scenarios: repairing the entire 242-space, five-level ramp; shearing off the top two levels while repairing the other three; ...

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