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McAllen commissioners table $1.7M in added features for Quinta project after cost questions
Summary
The commission postponed approval of two change-order items for the Quinta Mazatlan project — a $512,945 restroom scope and a $1,172,329 shade structure called the “magic tunnel” — after commissioners asked for more detail on cost and scope.
McAllen commissioners on Monday voted to table consideration of change order No. 1 for the Quinta Mazatlan project after several commissioners said the packet lacked enough detail to justify roughly $1.7 million in added scope.
The proposal, described by staff as buyout-funded work that would not raise the project’s contracted total, included a detached restroom estimated at $512,945 and a shade structure labeled the “magic tunnel” for $1,172,329. Public Works staff and the project consultant said…
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