BY STEPHEN WILLIAMS, DAILY GAZETTE

SCHENECTADY — The state Department of Transportation received two bids for construction of a new Schenectady Amtrak rail station, and both appear to fall within the $15 million budget the state set for the long-delayed downtown project.

The new rail station, which like the former station will be a two-story building on Erie Boulevard just north of State Street, will replace a building that was deteriorating and widely seen as a liability for the city, as it has sought to rebuild and create a new image for the downtown area.

At a bid opening Thursday in Albany, Murnane Building Contractors, of Plattsburgh, submitted the apparent low construction bid, at $10,435,900. Also bidding was Jersen Construction, of Waterford, with a bid of $11,383,000. They were the only two bids received under a design-build system, in which a single contractor would be responsible for all aspects of construction.

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