Orting council declines immediate stair redesign amendment, pauses on larger bridge engineering amendment amid liability and cost concerns
Council members split over a $61,570 design amendment to redesign variable-height steps on the Orting Emergency Evacuation Bridge; a separate $249,596 amendment tied to shaft anomalies drew no second and was not approved. Council also discussed third-party inspection, contractor concerns and potential project cost growth.
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Orting City Council members voted down a motion to approve a $61,570 amendment to the construction management contract intended to redesign the variable-height top stair and revise a pedestrian pathway on the Emergency Evacuation Bridge project, and later saw a separate $249,596 amendment related to drilled-shaft anomalies fail for lack of a second.
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