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Cumberland County extends middle-mile broadband engineering contract for one month while change-order dispute continues

3798539 · June 11, 2025
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Cumberland County approved a one-month extension on its middle-mile broadband engineering contract to keep the project moving while county staff and the contractor negotiate roughly $243,000 in disputed change orders.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners approved a one-month extension to an engineering services contract for middle-mile broadband work to avoid interrupting progress while the county and the contractor seek to resolve outstanding change-order disputes.

County staff told the board the contractor is "very close to completing the environmental phase" necessary to move the project forward; staff recommended a short extension so the county would have the environmental results rather than stopping the work. Commissioners questioned…

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