October 16, 2007
Portland council deadlocks on pier, again
The Portland city council last night deadlocked for the second time on a vote on the fate of the Maine State Pier.
The council failed to rally the five votes necessary to select either Portland-based Olympia Cos. or Porstmouth-based Ocean Properties to redevelop the aging pier, which is located in the Old Port next to the multi-million dollar Ocean Gateway terminal currently under construction. A motion to award the bid to Ocean Properties, of Portsmouth, N.H., fell short in a vote of 4 to 3 in favor, and the council will likely take up the vote again after the Nov. 6 election when three seats currently filled by councilors supporting Ocean will be up for grabs, according to the Portland Press Herald. Both proposals are valued at upwards of $100 million.
Bob Baldacci, a spokesman for Ocean, called the vote a "loss for the city," while Kevin Mahaney, president of Olympia, told the paper his team was looking forward to see what happens.
The council failed to rally the five votes necessary to select either Portland-based Olympia Cos. or Porstmouth-based Ocean Properties to redevelop the aging pier, which is located in the Old Port next to the multi-million dollar Ocean Gateway terminal currently under construction. A motion to award the bid to Ocean Properties, of Portsmouth, N.H., fell short in a vote of 4 to 3 in favor, and the council will likely take up the vote again after the Nov. 6 election when three seats currently filled by councilors supporting Ocean will be up for grabs, according to the Portland Press Herald. Both proposals are valued at upwards of $100 million.
Bob Baldacci, a spokesman for Ocean, called the vote a "loss for the city," while Kevin Mahaney, president of Olympia, told the paper his team was looking forward to see what happens.
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