North Central streetscape to cost more
City Council will consider a contract increase at tonight's meeting.
by scott barker • october 9, 2018
Crews working on the city’s project to overhaul North Central Street ran into some unexpected problems, officials say, leading to an increase in expenditures.
The northern artery gets a makeover similar to Cumberland and Magnolia.
This evening City Council will consider bumping up the contract for the streetwork by roughly $217,000. If the change order is approved, the revised contract with Southern Constructors Inc. will rise to $4.956 million. Overall, the project’s tab will exceed $6.3 million.
Anne Wallace, the city’s deputy director of redevelopment, said crews ran into unexpectedly thick pavement, among other issues. “We ran into more rock than we anticipated,” she said.
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