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Service River Joint Board outlines scope and inflation pressures for Minot flood project
Summary
Service River Joint Board leaders told the committee significant construction‑cost increases and limited contractor interest have pushed bid prices 40–50% above 2022 estimates; the board said $76.1 million was previously allocated but that rising costs could extend completion by more than a decade without additional funding.
Officials with the Service River Joint Board (the Minot basin flood authority) updated the Appropriations - Education and Environment Division on the Maas/Moos River (Minot basin) flood control program and warned of sharp construction‑cost escalation and thin bidder pools that threaten project timelines.
David Ashley, chairman of the Service River Joint Board, reminded the committee of the scale and history of the program: “This summer will mark 14 years since the 2011 flood devastated our region,” he said, and added the joint board coordinates work among four counties, the City of Minot, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and federal partners. Ashley told the committee the joint board has received significant earlier legislative support and the group has advanced multiple construction milestones.
Ashley and other presenters told…
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