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Utility estimate jumps to about $2.2 million; committee approves invoices and utility work
Summary
The School Building Committee heard that utility costs for the North Attleborough school project rose from an $800,000 allowance to roughly $2.2 million—driven largely by replacement of aged feeder cables—and voted to approve invoice payments and the utility estimates so work can proceed.
The School Building Committee reviewed updated utility cost estimates for the district’s school construction project and approved related invoice and utility payments at its meeting.
Committee members were told the project’s original budget allowance for utilities was about $800,000, but the current estimate is “about 2.2 million,” an increase of roughly $1.4 million, driven largely by the need to replace aged feeder cables on the transmission feed near Landry. “The other small part … is a temporary feed coming off Landry for the stadium,” the presenter said, and the cost for the cable replacement was cited as $720,000.
The presenter…
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