USDA has issue with Bessemer water project bid

By RICHARD JENKINS

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RAMSAY — The project to replace a significant amount of the water and sewer pipes in the city of Bessemer recently hit a roadblock, as the Gogebic Range Water Authority was informed the United States Department of Agriculture-Rural Development had an issue with the way the bid for the project was awarded.

Charles Lawson, a project manager with the engineering firm C2AE and works with the authority, told the authority board at its Thursday meeting that Andrew Granskog — a USDA state engineer in Lansing — sent the authority and city of Bessemer a le...