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Kenai Peninsula Borough maintenance chief warns $164 million in deferred school and borough repairs is growing cost risk
Summary
Acting maintenance director Nick Kemp told the Borough Assembly the borough’s deferred-maintenance list exceeds $164 million and urged investment in proactive repairs to avoid cost escalation and safety risks.
Acting maintenance director Nick Kemp told the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on May 19 that the borough’s backlog of deferred maintenance across school and borough facilities is large and growing, costing an estimated $164 million in identified deficiencies.
Kemp said the borough has identified hundreds of deficiencies and described deferred upkeep as a long-term cost driver: “Deferred maintenance might look like a manageable piecemeal strategy when budgets are tight,” he said, “but...postponing critical repairs and updates isn’t saving money, it’s piling it on.”
Kemp gave a long list of recent and planned…
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