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Public works flags multi-hundred-million-dollar stormwater and water projects, warns of labor and supply pressures
Summary
Interim public-works director outlined an active Phase 1 stormwater program (~$400M), a Phase 2 plan exceeding $1 billion, a new $666M water treatment plant under construction, AMI investment, and widespread staffing and procurement challenges.
The City of Fort Lauderdale’s interim public-works director told the Budget Advisory Board on Dec. 19 that the department faces an unprecedented capital workload — including a Phase 1 stormwater program of about $400 million, a Phase 2 pipeline that could exceed $1 billion, and a new water-treatment plant project — and that these programs are colliding with workforce shortages and steep construction- and materials-price increases.
The director described the city as “older” infrastructure in a saltwater environment and noted heavy demand from…
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