05-03-2018, 05:39 AM
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Originally posted by kalakoa
safety improvements include a new center line rumble strip and striping
Dumb question: why weren't these part of the original project? Gaming the budget?
Seems like this kind of thing happens often. The runaway truck ramp on Saddle, for example.
How can this be gaming the system. Kiewit Pacific Company (now Infrastructure West), Goodfellow Brothers, Kirkland Construction, and Road and Highway Builders were all the prime contractors on this multi phase project. Road and Highway Builders has constructed only two phases, one of which had the safety improvements as a part of the project.
Bear in mind the Saddle Road improvements began in 2004 and wrapped in 2017.
I don't really have a clear answer as to why these safety improvements weren't included earlier, or why the runaway truck ramp was constructed after the fact. It probably came down to how much funding was available at the time each phase went out to bid.