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Council approves emergency funding to cover $260,000 Root Road Park parking-lot overrun
Summary
North Ridgeville council voted May 4 to adopt ordinance 20 26-54 with an emergency clause, adding funds to cover unexpected excavation, poor subgrade and unmarked utilities on the Root Road Park parking-lot project; the administration said the project cost is about $763,000 with roughly $500,000 from a grant and the additional funds are to come from the capital projects fund.
North Ridgeville officials on May 4 approved an emergency appropriations measure to cover cost overruns on the Root Road Park parking-lot improvement project, citing unexpected soils, failed roll tests of the base material and unidentified utilities as major drivers of additional expense.
The mayor told council that the project encountered more dirt and unsuitable subgrade than anticipated and that "the most costly part of dirt is moving it." He said the issues came to the administration's attention on April 27 and the administration brought an ordinance amendment to…
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