Lexington City Council Hearts Overpaying for Sidewalks
Earlier we told you about the city of Lexington throwing $200,000 at starting a sidewalk project that the neighborhood doesn't want, were a low priority on Lexington's list, and inevitably face cost overruns.
Last night they did it again. For a project including some priorities and other extravagances: "to replace sewer lines, bury utility lines, create a bike lane and install street trees, rain gardens and signs along a portion of South Limestone" the city received two bids, both over the original estimate.
Only Vice-Mayor Jim Gray voted against it, saying:
"There's three things that aren't right about the project: the process, the priority and the price," Gray said. "We're shoehorning ourselves into the project."
We wonder where his concern was a month ago when the council put the same process in place to receive the Tate's Creek sidewalk grant.
We'll be interested in hearing what the council does when the true cost of that "$200,000 project" comes in...
