DRVN has a Dec. 31 deadline to remove or forfeit the salt and equipment to the Connecticut Port Authority. But, unlike in past years, the company was not the low bidder for the region in a bidding process conducted by the Capitol Region Purchasing Council, which is run by the Capitol Region Council of Governments. The low bidder was Champion Salt, whose local operation is located at the Port of New Haven’s Gateway Terminal. Gateway also was running State Pier until the state opted to forgo regular cargo operations in advance of the $157 million conversion of the pier to accommodate the offshore wind industry. DRVN, meanwhile has a Dec. 31 deadline to move its estimated 90,000 tons of salt off of State Pier or the salt will be forfeited to the Connecticut Port Authority as part of an agreement signed in August. Connecticut Port Authority Board Chairman David Kooris said the authority does not want to be in the salt business. Jessica Muirhead, senior project manager for CRCOG, said the Capitol Region Purchasing Council conducts competitive public bidding processes for some common commodities and services, including treated road salt.
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