Rehoboth awards bid to fix Boardwalk
Rehoboth Beach officials unanimously awarded a $256,000 bid to contractor Mumford and Miller for repairs to the substructure of the Boardwalk from the Henlopen Hotel to Grenoble Place.
The north end of the Boardwalk sustained heavy wave-action damage during a January 2016 nor’easter, when the decking was lifted off the support structure. While the city quickly made temporary fixes so the Boardwalk was usable for the summer, permanent fixes were needed.
The decking will be removed and the damaged support structure will be replaced, matching the original template. Mayor Sam Cooper said at the commissioners’ Jan. 9 special meeting that Mumford and Miller was the contractor for the 2009 Boardwalk reconstruction, so the company should understand how to do the job.
Because Rehoboth was declared a disaster area after the January 2015 storm, the city is eligible for 75 percent funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. City Manager Sharon Lynn said work is expected to begin at the end of February and be finished by April.
