State port to award big construction contract

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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — At $62.9 million, W.C. Fore Trucking Inc. of Gulfport is the low bidder on the biggest single construction project for state port restoration and expansion.

The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1u2PjfO ) the port’s board hopes to award the contract at a special meeting Monday. The board was unable to award the contract at its regular meeting Thursday because two commissioners had to abstain from voting over potential conflicts of interest.

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