Deadline Update

As Gomer Pyle would say, “surprise, suprise, suprise!”

At tonight’s meeting of the governing body of the Town of Scottsville, Council Member Jim Hogan announced that there is a new deadline for the removal of overhead utilities and the installation of the new street lights. The new date has been placed at the end of February, an additional two weeks beyond what the Mayor was quoted as saying only six days ago in the Daily Progress. It seems these deadlines refer only refer to the illumination of the new lights. No deadlines have been given for additional sidewalk patches and repairs  once the utility poles have been taken down.

Part of the latest delay is due in part to Embarq’s delays. It seems that some conduit pipes that were installed as part of a cost overrun project, were rejected by the the telephone giant. It seems that no one consulted with the phone company as to how these conduits should have been installed. Because of this “screw-up” by the design firm of Volkert & Associates, Valley Street had to once again be dug up. This design flaw was supposedly inspected at a cost of $70 an hour to the Town and is part of a $20,000 cost overrun bill to the Town.

“Shazam!”