Contractor on ill-fated Hwy 20 project agrees to $735K penalty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The contractor on an ill-fated project to straighten a hazardous section of U.S. 20 has agreed to pay a $735,000 federal penalty to resolve allegations that it allowed muddy water from the work to flow into Coast Range streams.
The Oregonian reported Monday the agreement is between Granite Construction of Watsonville, Calif., and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has been filed in federal court in Portland.
The state has taken over the troubled project, and state officials are to decide later this month how to proceed.
The estimated cost has increased from about $150 million to nearly $400 million.
Landslides that have plagued the project continue to be a problem.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
More liberal BS, killing jobs... its what they do.
I bet ya, we the people, could have it built for a lot less then that. Why don't you ask us? We could save you some $$$....
and how much has the contractor already been paid?
an increase of 250 million, really more than double the price really and since its taxpayer money who cares no biggy
Good luck collecting the money and just where does it go anyways?
once again our people in charge make sure the tax payers will get screwed out of money on a project that should have probably cost half of what the original costs would have been