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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat May 28, 2016, 06:29 PM May 2016

Report: Cost of Replacing Flint Water Pipes Double Estimates

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Replacing water pipes due to the lead-tainted crisis in Flint could be at least twice the price of previous estimates, according to a report obtained by a newspaper.

Engineering company Rowe Professional Services told the state the average cost for replacing a service water line through a completed pilot project was $7,500. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality previously estimated it would cost $4,000, the Detroit Free Press reported ( http://on.freep.com/1TGtTPl ) Saturday.

The company's report said costs could be higher if average permit fees of $2,400 per site are factored in. The largest share of that is $2,200, which includes replacing the pavement.

Representatives for Flint Mayor Karen Weaver did not immediately respond to The Associated Press' request for comment. Gov. Rick Snyder's spokesman Ari Adler said Flint is charging "very large fees," while Weaver has said Flint needs more money from the state for replacing pipes.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-cost-replacing-flint-water-pipes-double-estimates-39450341

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Report: Cost of Replacing Flint Water Pipes Double Estimates (Original Post) Purveyor May 2016 OP

A bit of price gouging? Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #1

These "permit fees" caught my attention. Why the hell are the residents Purveyor May 2016 #2

Who is going to pay it Travis_0004 May 2016 #4

But it shouldn't come from the residents, who had nothing whatsoever christx30 May 2016 #5

Look to making it a works program tom_kelly May 2016 #3

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. A bit of price gouging?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 07:03 PM

May 2016

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)

2. These "permit fees" caught my attention. Why the hell are the residents

Reply to Dont call me Shirley (Reply #1)

Sat May 28, 2016, 07:24 PM

May 2016

being charged 'permit fees' when they are being forced into these repairs by negligence from Fed, State and local gov't?

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

4. Who is going to pay it

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #2)

Sat May 28, 2016, 07:56 PM

May 2016

You can't just lay lines and leave the broken payment laying around. It needs to be repaved, and somebody needs to pay for it. Some of the money is coming from the fed, state, and local government.

christx30

(6,241 posts)

5. But it shouldn't come from the residents, who had nothing whatsoever

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #4)

Sat May 28, 2016, 08:10 PM

May 2016

to do with the decisions that lead to the Flint water crisis. It should come from the people responsible for it. If the city is going to charge a permit fee for fixing the problem (which is stupid anyway), it should charge 25 cents.

"We poisoned your water. We're going to make you pay for the cost of the fix. And we're going to make you pay $2000 for the permits to fix it. Why? Why not? We're the city. We can do whatever we want."

tom_kelly

(961 posts)

3. Look to making it a works program

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2016, 07:27 PM

May 2016

Plenty of people need work there. Laborers are plenty and what additional plumbers needed would come to the area. Would be less than quoted price I would think. Only, who would be in charge??

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