Time of year, code issues, a non cookie-cutter type project...It could be any, all or even more reasons, but the bids on the proposed remake of the Thompson Park Zoo Aviary came in very high and that will surely force City Council to rethink the project.
The first question is why over a year of study and engineer work produced estimates so far off.
Council had wanted to save the 1980s structure which had been the center of a community fund drive in 2003. The structure is now home to a pair of turkeys and once housed a variety of feathered friends. Zoo officials suddenly ran "a fowl" of the building and ask it be torn down.
The most recent incarnation was an enclosed learning center with audio visual gear to link lessons to area schools. The building was also on tap to be used for various social gatherings and other events.
Looks like the turkeys...once pardoned again in November....will spend another winter in their current crib.
Watertown Daily Times | Bids for zoo learning center come in high
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