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Spring Hill road project overruns traced to utility delays; county staff considering legal action against Frontier
Summary
County engineer reported roughly $341,000 in nonparticipating change orders tied to Frontier's utility relocation delays on the Spring Hill reconstruction project and said staff plan to pursue restitution though they have been warned recovery may be unlikely.
Larry Robbins, Vigo County engineer and highway director, reported at the April 1 council meeting that the Spring Hill reconstruction project incurred multiple change orders tied to utility relocations, which he said were largely attributable to Frontier’s delays.
Robbins presented a timeline of the project’s letting history — three lettings between May 2020 and February 2022 — and said Frontier repeatedly missed relocation schedules that left the county contractor idle. He…
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