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Middletown board approves $225,416 change order for DPW salt‑barn project after unexpected subsurface finds
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved a $225,416 change order to stabilize unsuitable soil and alter the salt‑barn floor from concrete to thick asphalt after buried logs and debris were uncovered during excavation; the vote was unanimous, 5‑0.
The Middletown Township Board of Supervisors on Jan. 8 approved a $225,416 change order for Phase 1 of the Department of Public Works winter‑operations project after construction crews uncovered unsuitable subsurface conditions at the site of a new salt barn.
Township engineer Mr. Kessler told the board that excavation exposed large buried tree trunks and other material dating to the early 1970s that made the original foundation design unsafe. He said his team, the contractor (Scott Contractors) and a geotechnical firm evaluated options and recommended…
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