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MTA board authorizes up to $692,029 to repair longstanding Nestor sinkhole
Summary
The Nashville MTA board approved a staff recommendation to award a $532,330 construction contract and a 30% contingency for repair work at the Nestor facility, citing years of geotechnical investigation and a stabilization program. The vote was by voice.
The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority board voted to authorize staff to contract for repairs to a long-running sinkhole at the agency’s Nestor lot, approving the base bid and alternate plus contingency that together authorized $692,029 for the project.
Board members heard a presentation from Patrick Hester, who traced the problem to subsurface erosion tied to a 48-inch sanitary sewer line. Hester said geotechnical work by CDM Smith and Athena — including 77 borings down to bedrock — found visible breaks and silt…
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