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Commissioners reject Sunshine Lake Road bid after price doubles budget, order rebid
Summary
Public works reported a low responsiveness to the original design and a bid of about $912,000 for Sunshine Lake Road — roughly double the estimated $450,000 budget — and the board voted to reject the bid and re-advertise after staff revised the design.
Public Works staff told the Liberty County Board of Commissioners that the low bid to reconstruct Sunshine Lake Road exceeded budget by roughly twofold and recommended rebidding after adjusting the road section for actual traffic loads.
Trent, the county public-works representative, said the county's budget for Sunshine Lake Road was about $450,000 but the contractor Whitaker submitted a bid of $912,000.…
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