High Point City Manager Strib Boynton disputes Piedmont Triad Water Authority director John Kime’s belief that the Randleman Reservoir is now in the hands of city governments:
Kime, Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority consultant, said Tuesday if the authority had the money – about $9 million from High Point and $30 million from Greensboro – it could go ahead and award the water plant contract and get started on the $57 million project.
There’s no way that can happen, Boynton said, because the state has not approved specific plans for the water treatment plant.
“Their plans are still under review,” he said. “In order to finance (through bonds), the plans must be approved, and they (authority) must have bids on the project.”
Project cost estimates may also be outdated, he added.
“You can’t finance something on old estimates,” he said. “You must have specific plans to finance. The Local Government Commission tightly governs and regulates that.”
