Given the construction issues Guilford County Schools has faced over the years, this should come as no surprise:
….some wonder whether there’s enough money to tackle unforeseen expenses on the county’s biggest project ever, a $115 million jail.
Though the jail size and scope has fluctuated through the years, the expected price has steadily increased. Now, the county has only the money that voters approved in May. The bond total does include a contingency fund for price increases, in addition to a built-in inflation estimate.
In a worst-case scenario, that project could get delayed or downsized, akin to what happened with Guilford County Schools projects in 2007.
One minor editorial gripe: Given the controversy surrounding the bond vote for the jail, I have to wonder why jail costs were placed so low in the story, seemingly as an afterthought.
