$45M Lubec breakwater project to go out to bid after a 9-year wait

$45M Lubec breakwater project to go out to bid after a 9-year wait

While the Lubec Safe Harbor breakwater project is expected to go back out to bid next month, after initial bids were too high, questions have arisen about how long the project has taken and how much the anticipated cost has increased. The project had been put forward nearly 10 years ago, and the estimated costs have more than doubled in the past seven years. Funding now available for the project totals $46.7 million, according to the Maine Depar…