wilkes

Will take 8 years to finish. 421 will be a mess for years

Here you go.

Does anyone have a map of what 421 is going to look like when it's completed?

One other thing is Jobs like this come with a penalty if not finished on time and it can add up to 10s of thousand of dollars.

antithesis (view profile)	Posted 5:24 pm, 05/21/2024
That's the game... he put in a low big to get the contract, then he pads it over time while citing complications. We've all seen it a thousand times. Just be grateful they're not filling the area with 4 way stop signs and roundabouts...

No that's not how road construction works Bidders were provided with a set of plans that were drawn up buy engineers and designers. The contractors bid to build the road as designed and don't have the authority to change or add anything. If anything needs to be changed or added it must go back to the engineers and designers who will come up with the new design and issue a change order and its not a quick process. If it cost them more than the bid they are SOL unless the states agrees to a change order but there is no padding after the contract is signed and awarded.

Branch Civil Inc. is the contractor Projects like this always get off to a slow start with clearing and erosion control needing to be done before anything gets started It will pick up.

The 268 job was a mess. Took years longer than it was supposed to and probably cost millions over budget.

Who got the contract?

Note from GoNC: a portion of this post was removed for personal attacks.

Rumor is contractor wants to maybe not do the job after all. This will take forever to get finished.