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County awards two costly water projects as utilities staff warns of large CIP overages
Summary
Lincoln County approved notices of award for an NC‑150 water main ($3.91M) and a water‑treatment disinfection system ($5.53M) after utilities staff warned projects are millions over original budgets and proposed CIP deletions and rate‑study updates to cover overages.
Lincoln County commissioners on Monday approved two notice‑of‑award motions for essential water projects after public‑utilities staff described significant cost increases since the projects were budgeted.
Andrew Bridal (Public Utilities) told the board that two pending bids represented a “reality check” for the county’s capital budgets. He identified the low bids and a combined overage: the NC‑150 West water main replacement and the water‑treatment plant disinfection system together were about $4.5 million over previously…
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