Last Wednesday brought a second round of disappointment for Clarendon officials when new bids for the city’s proposed water recreation facility again came in more than $1 million above the project estimate.
The low – and only – bid at the first bid opening in January came in at $3.162 million. A second round of bidding drew the interest of three companies, but the low bid at the March 20 opening was $3.255 million.
Higher than expected costs for concrete and steel are still being fingered for the cause of the price overrun.
City Administrator David Dockery says city officials are going back to the drawing board with engineering firm WatersEdge to try to scale the plan to the for the funds available.
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