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Highwaymen Museum renovation nears completion; FPRA tallies $911,000 project cost and pending change orders

2556022 · March 11, 2025
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Fort Pierce staff reported March 11 that conversion of the Jackie L. Kainan Sr. Building into the Highwaymen Museum is structurally near completion, with total project costs now above $911,000 and several pending change orders.

City staff and the project contractor told the Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency on March 11 that work to convert the Jackie L. Kainan Sr. Building into the Highwaymen Museum is nearing structural completion but that change orders and site items could raise the project’s cost.

Staff said the city received about $483,000 in state grant funding for the museum conversion; the project total reported to the board exceeded $911,000, and FPRA had contributed more than $400,000 toward the project. To date the board has approved more than $166,000 in change orders and staff identified roughly $32,000 in additional change orders pending board consideration.

Project staff and the contractor outlined three outstanding items:…

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