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Montgomery County EDA approves $62,000 pump-station study as Falling Branch construction falls behind schedule
Summary
The Montgomery County Economic Development Authority approved a proposal to study and size a pump station for Falling Branch Corporate Park Lot 2 (up to $62,000) after staff reported construction delays on a $2.8 million contract, a $300-per-day contract penalty that could begin Feb. 3, and a payment application of $107,001.45.
The Montgomery County Economic Development Authority on a voice vote approved entering a contract to perform a pump-station study for Falling Branch Corporate Park Phase 2, Lot 2, with a study budget capped at $62,000.
Staff told the board that the contractor on the $2,800,000 contract, which began work April 29, 2024, has missed portions of the original timetable and that weather and seasonal asphalt-plant closures have pushed substantial completion from late December into early 2025 and possibly as late as June 30,…
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