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.
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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.
More than a ‘rounding error’.
Is this the Colorado Longmont?
Ask them how much they’re spending on ‘affordable housing’ and various handouts.
Planet Arrakis protocols for the Colorado Greenies.
Yes, my AO.
“Is this the Colorado Longmont?”
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.
I guess they will just have to poop on the streets then.
How much do Honey Pots cost?
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