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Capital committee reviews plan to fill $10 million gap for Surfside roads project; bids open April 23
Summary
Staff told the Capital Program Committee the Surfside area roads reconstruction project is out to bid and proposed using existing capital balances, a Chapter 90 MassDOT allocation and PFAS-related funds to cover a roughly $10 million shortfall on the estimated $26 million project.
The Capital Program Committee heard March 5 that the Surfside area roads reconstruction project is now out to bid and faces a funding shortfall the town proposes to fill with reallocated capital balances, a Chapter 90 allocation and PFAS-related funds. Drew Patnode, a department staff presenter, told the committee the project will open for bids on April 23.
Patnode said the construction estimate is $23,500,000 with a 5 percent contingency ($1,100,000). He listed additional line items the committee was shown: about $400,000 for utility relocations, roughly $53,000 for easement payments to abutters, and a $750,000 construction-administration estimate from GPI, the design firm. An amendment to…
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