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Upper Wildwood Basin 4 bids far exceed estimate; council votes to reject and seek options
Summary
Bids for the Upper Wildwood Creek Basin 4 project came in roughly $3.5 million over staff's available funding. City staff recommended rejecting the bids, citing a $4.2 million funding shortfall, and the council approved staff recommendations to reject bids and return with options.
City staff told the Yucaipa City Council on April 14 that bids for the Upper Wildwood Creek Basin 4 flood control and groundwater recharge project substantially exceeded the engineer's estimate and available funding.
The project, intended to add flood mitigation, groundwater recharge and trail connectivity in the Wildwood Creek corridor, received a low construction bid of roughly $3.5 million. When combined with contingencies, environmental permitting, tribal monitoring and required…
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