City’s Pipeline Project Coming in Under Budget – KFDX

City councilors also approved a few change orders to the permanent indirect potable reuse project.The first phase of the project is the installation of the pipeline which is 90 percent complete and is expected to be done by summer.

The change order for this phase is miscellaneous additions to the original contract which will cost around $141 thousand dollars with a 13 day extension.

And the money for these change orders are in the budget because through the course of the original design of the project they were able to eliminate some costs.

"Consequently, the project came in well under budget. We had actually borrowed, I think it was $33 million and both contracts together was only 25, so there is adequate funding available, which is nice because we know we always run across these change orders during construction projects," Russell Schreiber, Wichita Falls Public Works Director.

The second phase will include changes to the wastewater treatment plant which will cost around $255 thousand dollars with a 59 day extension.

It is 45 percent complete and will now be done in December, versus the fall.The change order includes different maintenance work.

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City's Pipeline Project Coming in Under Budget - KFDX