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Committee recommends council approve larger Amtrak reimbursement to cover added insurance costs for bridge project
Summary
The finance committee recommended Borough Council approve Resolution 2025-19 to increase the maximum federal reimbursement for a bridge project after Amtrak added insurance requirements that raised contractor costs.
The finance administration committee on Sept. 18 recommended Borough Council approve Resolution 2025-19, which increases the borough's maximum reimbursement for a bridge project to account for additional contractor costs tied to revised insurance requirements. The committee voted to forward the resolution to council for final action. The measure matters because Amtrak added insurance requirements after bids were issued, which the borough's staff said would have raised contractor costs substantially. "It amounted to something like $28,000,000 more in insurance that they had to carry, which would have resulted in…
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