RINGGOLD, Ga.– Catoosa County leaders opened six bids Thursday for contractors hoping to grade land for “Project Hilltop.”
The bids for the project, rumored to be a warehouse wholesale club just off Interstate 75, range from $3 million to $6.6 million to grade and prepare site for the development.
Twenty-nine contractors showed up for the mandatory pre-bid meeting but only six — one from Tennessee and five from Georgia — submitted bids.
At $3 million, Cleveland, Tenn.-based Wright Brothers came in with the lowest bid for the total project by more than $1 million, but county staff must review licenses, records and other paperwork before approving the bid.
After a bid is approved by an engineer, the county’s economic development authority and the County Commission must accept it, according to county staff.