Thanks to high steel prices bids for new Mukilteo ferry terminal are millions too high
MUKILTEO — The wait for the ferry just got longer.
The five bids for a major phase of the construction of the new Mukilteo ferry terminal were rejected Tuesday. The state Department of Transportation said the offers came in way over budget.
“We rejected all of those bids and notified the contractors that we have to go back and do it again. It cost too much money,” said Ian Sterling, Washington State Ferries spokesman. “We have to go back to the drawing board and rescope the project.”
Sterling cited the recently increased price of steel as the main reason.
The department’s engineers came up with an estimate of $65 million for the work that includes building the main terminal and holding lanes. That estimate was not disclosed to contractors.
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The chairman of the Senate Transportation Commission said he was disappointed but understood.
Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, also expressed concern that the cost of steel could keep rising under the current economic policies of the Trump administration.
“I hope this trade war does not have a cascade effect on other projects,” he said.
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