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Transportation commission approves $3.91 million in extra payments after Union Pacific alters demolition requirements
Summary
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved an additional $3,912,494.34 to Frontier Bridge Inc. for a US-69 bridge contract in Wagner after Union Pacific Railroad required more costly demolition methods and prolonged approval, pushing the change above the statutory 10% limit and requiring commission approval.
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission on March 2025 approved an additional payment of $3,912,494.34 to Frontier Bridge Inc. related to a US-69 bridge and approach contract in Wagner, Oklahoma, after the Union Pacific Railroad required changes to demolition methods and delayed approval of demolition plans.
The payment supplements a contract the commission originally awarded on Sept. 11, 2023, for $11,790,918.43 with a contract time of 490 calendar days. ODOT staff said the railroad’s new requirements prevented the contractor from “rubbleiz[ing]” the bridge and instead required cutting the structure into sections and removing them with…
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