They’ll get a disadvantaged bridge too.
Hmmm. Is there a REASON why these contracting companies are “disadvantaged”?
Note to states - provide a single office with a single check list, with staff assigned to focus on single cases on either first-in or priority basis, and complete the process in 15 days. Provide state level demand that any request that office needs from any state or local agency be answered immediately, in hours, not days.
Preface that with an application that knows what questions will be asked on the check list, and the data or facts needed to address the questions submitted with the application - no continuous rounds of new unexpected questions.
This is about 20 miles from me. Illinois roadbuilding and maintenance is already a joke. It was nearly impossible to make it any more inept and expensive but the bureaucrats have risen to the challenge. Two more years and I’m out of here.
More illegal preferences in favor of phony “minority” and “woman owned” businesses.
This is minority set asides, a pleasant name that means Whitey and normals will not be getting the contracts. An illegal way to Shit on us. It’s illegal even if a law allows it. That law is invalid and not binding.
For some reason, I kept mis-reading IDOT as IDIOT.....wonder why?
Why is anyone surprised?