Ruotsala awarded Ironwood phase 4 sewer-water contract

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — The Ironwood City Commission Tuesday awarded the bid for this summer’s sewer-water project to Ruotsala Construction, LLC, of Ironwood, at $3,378,980.

Five bids were received on May 25 from construction contractors for the project. All met the bidding requirements.

Ruotsala bid $3,218,303, but the city commission on Tuesday agreed to a change order of $160,678 to increase the amount of the original bid.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development project budgets are broken down into water and sewer categories. Since the water bid...