It's official now... the primary contractor for the new light rails lines is gone and METRO is left begging for a replacement:
After more than a year of unsuccessful contract negotiations, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has ended talks with Washington Group International to be the prime contractor on four planned light rail lines.Metro now will try to reach an agreement with Parsons Transportation Group, which ranked second among three candidates for the job when WGI was chosen in January 2007, Metro President and CEO Frank Wilson said.
Wilson said WGI will be compensated for $77 million in design and engineering work and that Parsons will build on that head start, allowing the projects to move forward on schedule.
How many tens of millions will taxpayers get nailed with because Frank Wilson and his minions can't work out a budget that actually has footing in reality?