6/10 Contractor Piling Up Tens of Millions of Dollars in Change Orders – Despite Alviti’s Promises – GoLocalProv
Monday, Might 23, 2022
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RIDOT Director Peter Alviti. Photograph: State of Rhode Island
Prior to now few years, Rhode Island Division of Transportation Director Peter Alviti has repeatedly defended the agency’s shift from awarding contracts to The backside licensed bidder to the bidders who provided each design-construct competency.
Alviti has said that the “design-construct” course of ensures that by choosing one agency That is Responsible for every the design of the enterprise and The enchancment, That it will get rid of rising enterprise prices And alter orders.
Too typically, Alviti’s declares Regarding the controversial 6/10 enterprise have conagencyed to be false.
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He repeatedly declareed that the Olneyville neighborhood was not contaminated by the dumping of soil by the lead contractor beneath RIDOT’s oversight — that declare by Alviti has conagencyed to be false.
RIDOT’s lead contractor Barletta Engineering/Heavy Division dumped tons of contaminated supplies subsequent to homes Inside the Olneyville part of Windfall.
Presently, the enterprise is being investigated by each America Lawyer and the Rhode Island Lawyer Widespread. Two of the households impacted by the contamination have filed lawsuits in the direction of RIDOT.
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Governor Gina Raimondo – January 8, 2018 6/10 kickoff
Greater than $21 Million in Change Orders
GoLocal has secured almost 80-pages of docs that current that Inside the 6/10 enchancment enterprise, the contractor submitted and acquired approval for extra than $21 million in change orders …….
