Iron County awards Saxon Harbor dredging contract

By RICHARD JENKINS

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HURLEY — Another item on the to-do list for rebuilding Saxon Harbor was accomplished Tuesday as the Iron County Board of Supervisors awarded the county’s dredging contract to M. Jolma Inc.

The Ashland-based company was the lowest of six bidders vying for the project, submitting a bid of $220,542.

“We had three bids below the engineers’ estimate (of $253,909), and three that were substantially above,” Iron County Forestry and Parks Administrator Eric Peterson said.

He told the board the county’s engineering firm for the Saxon Harbor project, Foth E...