Affidavit of Publication

I, Publication Desk, Authorized publication agent of Notice Nearby, publisher of the Notice Nearby Public Notice Register at noticenearby.com, hereby certify as follows:

1. The notice titled Invitation to bid — Canal Walk lock-gate rehabilitation, publication number NN-2026-00070, was published on the Notice Nearby public register, a publicly accessible online legal-notice publication, at the URL stated below.
2. The notice was first made public on Aug 24, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC. Schedule: 1 insertion: August 24, 2026. Last date: August 24, 2026. Fee: $79.00 paid · Standard · $79.00 × 1 insertion = $79.00.
   1. Run 1 of 1: August 24, 2026 (ran)
3. The jurisdiction of the notice is Richmond, Richmond City, VA. Notice Nearby acts as a qualifying publisher in this state.
4. At the time of first publication, the SHA-256 digest of the canonical notice text (UTF-8, normalized line endings) was:6666528f 97bff469 3918fab0 bf59772b 4159ddc5 32756a94 cc6aea88 ba74dece
5. Official URL: https://noticenearby.com/notices/va-richmond-bid-canal-walk
6. Notice Nearby issued a publication receipt signed with HMAC-SHA256. Signature prefix: 664fa49741a6b88a08dcd015…

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