Urbana reports fire‑station construction on budget but slightly behind schedule

Urbana officials told the City Council on Oct. 28 that construction of two new fire stations is proceeding and remains near the previously approved budget, though schedule and site conditions have created modest delays.

Public Works Director Tim Collin and Project Manager Ray Garcia gave the update, saying the city has spent about $5,000,000 to date — roughly 30% of the total project budget — and that construction progress is roughly 20% complete. "Total spend to date is about $5,000,000 on this or about 30% of the total budget," Collin said.

The presentation said land acquisition is complete and the project overall was projected to finish at about 97% of the original authorized cost. Garcia and Collin told council members that site‑specific soil problems at both locations required remediation and that some contingency and allowance dollars were used early in construction. "Both of our sites, we encountered very poor soils at both of our sites,"…