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Council authorizes cancellation of Mosquito Lake boat-ramp restroom project after cost, ownership and safety concerns
Summary
The Cortland City Council voted to let the mayor cancel the West Main/Mosquito Lake restroom and boat-ramp improvement project citing repeated bid overruns, ownership by ODNR, extensive water-line costs and safety concerns; council recorded one abstention.
The Cortland City Council on April 20 authorized the mayor to cancel the West Main Street/Mosquito Lake boat-ramp restroom improvement project, R-26-26, after council members and the project sponsor raised cost, ownership and safety concerns.
Jim, who asked council to cancel the project, said early bids came in about 20% over the engineer's estimate and a second round still was “just under 10%” over, and that the project site is not inside Cortland’s city limits. “This project is not within the city of Cortland at all,” Jim said, adding that the restroom…
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