The city opened bids on Minnesota Avenue January 22. The estimate submitted by the engineering consultant was $19 million. Low bid was $11.8 million. Another blown estimate.
So remember the Non-Unity bridge fiasco? We spent $10 million over recommended bid, this time we are $7 million below? What gives? And why is the city’s engineering department hiring a consultant to calculate cost? Are there no engineers in the city’s engineering department? Apparently not.
I feel sorry for the next mayor and the turd sandwich waiting for them on their desk.