College Station City Council Learns Construction Delay Penalties Will Pay For Additional Design Work On Expanding The Lick Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Photo from the city of College Station (seated L-R) councilwoman Linda Harvell, mayor John Nichols, and councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha (standing L-R) councilmen Mark Smith, William Wright, Dennis Maloney, and Bob Yancy.
Photo from the city of College Station (seated L-R) councilwoman Linda Harvell, mayor John Nichols, and councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha (standing L-R) councilmen Mark Smith, William Wright, Dennis Maloney, and Bob Yancy.

The College Station city council is told that the construction company that was hired to expand the Lick Creek wastewater treatment plant is being fined $2,500 a day for not finishing the project on time.

During the council’s April 13, 2023 meeting, capital projects director Jennifer Cain told councilman Bob Yancy said that money from the fines will be used to pay the design company that has to do additional work on the nearly $41 million dollar project.

The council approved a sixth change order with the design company, which amounts to $249,000 dollars.

The original design contract was approved six years ago on what was originally a $36.5 million dollar project.

Click HERE to read and download background information about the change order on the design of the Lick Creek wastewater treatment plant expansion.

Click below to hear comments from the April 13, 2023 College Station city council meeting.

 

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