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Low bids, high hopes for Kings Park demolition
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Demolition is expected to begin in May on the grounds of the former Kings Park psychiatric hospital. (Feb. 20, 2010)
The low bid for a state contract to demolish 15 buildings at the old Kings Park psychiatric hospital came in well below the $15 million budgeted for the project, a state parks official said Wednesday.
The lowest of 20 bids unsealed Wednesday promised to knock down all the abandoned structures for $6.4 million, said Ronald Foley, Long Island regional director for the state parks department....
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