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Council awards wastewater treatment expansion bid, seeks supplemental funds from escrow interest
Summary
The commission approved awarding the wastewater treatment plant expansion to RP Constructors for the base bid and recommended including the alternate lift‑station work; staff said the project budget is $6.54 million and an estimated shortfall of roughly $195,000 would be covered using escrow interest with Texas Water Development Board approval.
The Rio Grande City Commission voted to award the wastewater treatment plant expansion base bid and to include an alternate for a new lift station after engineers recommended the low responsive bidder.
Mike Hernandez of Milton & Hench engineers told the commission the base bid totaled $5,289,421. He also reported an add‑alternate for a new lift…
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