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La Porte delays decision on wastewater headworks after contractor bids exceed available funds
Summary
Wastewater staff told the Board of Public Works and Safety on July 22 that bids for the treatment-plant headworks project exceeded the city's available funding, prompting staff to explore relocating a channel to build the work "offline" and to consider phasing to reduce cost. No formal contract award was made.
La Porte, Ind. — Wastewater staff told the La Porte Board of Public Works and Safety on July 22 that contractor bids for the city's wastewater headworks project came in well above the city's current funding, and the board received an update rather than a decision. "Their original number came in at $15.04 and ... after subtracting those out we're down to 14 to 14,200,000.0 and our funding is 10.6," Jerry Jackson said during the meeting.
The headworks project would replace worn screens and improve grit removal at the treatment plant, facilities Jackson said are aged and cause routine operational trouble. "Fine screens will make our product our solids have no debris in it," Jackson said, and new grit chambers would reduce…
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