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City weighs up to $540,000 to cover higher bids on Route 100 cost-share projects with MoDOT
Summary
Officials told the Administration & Public Works Committee that bids for three packaged projects on Route 100 came in well above 2020 estimates; MoDOT is asking the city to cover the difference or risk delay or cancellation of two city cost-share projects.
The Administration and Public Works Committee was told that bids for three packages of work on Route 100 — including two city cost-share projects (left-turn lanes and J-turns) packaged with MoDOT’s resurfacing — came in substantially above 2020 construction estimates and original cost-share agreements.
Public Works staff said Pace Construction was the apparent low bidder at about $14.3 million for all three projects combined, and that the city’s two cost-share pieces total roughly $6.4 million including construction engineering. Staff said MoDOT is asking the city to make up the difference between the 2020 estimates and current bids; staff’s preliminary calculations put the city’s potential additional obligation as high as about…
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