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Longmont puts water treatment plant expansion on hold; cost now estimated at $27M over budget [example real life inflation = 58%!]
Longmont Times Call ^ | 6/13/2022 | MATTHEW BENNETT

Posted on 08/10/2022 11:24:12 AM PDT by catnipman

The city of Longmont has postponed the expansion of its Nelson-Flanders Water Treatment Plant because inflation has pushed the estimated cost of the project to roughly $27 million over budget.

Originally, the construction was estimated to cost $46.7 million but has since ballooned to $73.8 million, Longmont Senior Civil Engineer Joe Michalski said in an email Monday.

In particular, the cost of wood, steel, pipes and fuel have driven up the cost dramatically, Michalski said.

(Excerpt) Read more at timescall.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; inflation
"officially", 9.1% inflation ...
1 posted on 08/10/2022 11:24:12 AM PDT by catnipman
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To: catnipman

Joey Crappy Pants, just today said: “Today we received news that our economy had 0% inflation in the month of July.”

Someone is telling a FIB.


2 posted on 08/10/2022 11:29:26 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: catnipman

More than a ‘rounding error’.


3 posted on 08/10/2022 11:33:40 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: catnipman

Is this the Colorado Longmont?


4 posted on 08/10/2022 11:36:48 AM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: catnipman

Ask them how much they’re spending on ‘affordable housing’ and various handouts.


5 posted on 08/10/2022 11:42:32 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: catnipman

Planet Arrakis protocols for the Colorado Greenies.


6 posted on 08/10/2022 11:42:49 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Migraine

Yes, my AO.


7 posted on 08/10/2022 11:42:55 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Migraine

“Is this the Colorado Longmont?”

i didn’t know that there were other Longmonts ...


8 posted on 08/10/2022 11:45:23 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: catnipman
i didn’t know that there were other Longmonts ...

I knew of CO Longmont; but that did not preclude (for me) there being any other. It was a legit question, I thought.

9 posted on 08/10/2022 12:39:59 PM PDT by Migraine ( )
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To: Migraine

I guess they will just have to poop on the streets then.
How much do Honey Pots cost?


10 posted on 08/10/2022 2:16:59 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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