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Helena awards $2.17 million contract to repair Red Mountain flume, adds $525,000 contingency
Summary
The Helena City Commission approved a $2,173,196 contract plus a $525,000 budget amendment to repair the Red Mountain flume, citing long permitting, significant water loss, and plans for an interpretive trail.
The Helena City Commission on Sept. 8 approved a $2,173,196 contract to repair the Red Mountain flume and authorized a $525,000 budget amendment to activate cash reserves as contingency.
Public Works Director Leland told commissioners the project will replace and bury roughly 8,000 feet of flume piping to stop heavy losses: “we are losing a ton of water upwards of 80% of what we are trying to collect,” he said, and later described losses in that section as “probably, you know, around 30 to 40%.” Leland credited City Engineer Jamie Clark for advancing the project through permitting: “It was all Jamie Clark. It was not me.”
The commission voted 5-0 to award the base bid and additive alternate 1 to Hard Rock Road Building and Utilities Inc., and to activate the $525,000 contingency to allow the city to use available ARPA…
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