Wake County road, park projects grapple with rising costs
WHEN WE COULD SEE IT'S COMING
UP. LOOK AT THAT. A LEANING,
TOO, MIKE.
>> NEW THIS HOUR, RISING COSTS
FORCE WAKE COUNTY LEADERS TO
PAUSE TO PARK PROJECTS THE
PLAN, BUFFALO CREEK PRESERVE
AND UPGRADES TO GREEN HILLS
COUNTY PARK ARE NOW ON HOLD
WRAL'S FLYNN. SNYDER REPORTS
ON THE BUDGET SHORTFALLS.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE FACING
FOR SOME PROJECTS AS
CONSTRUCTION COSTS GO UP.
>> VOTERS APPROVED THIS FUNDING
FOR PARK RELATED PROJECTS BACK
IN 2018. NOW COUNTY LEADERS SAY
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DO ON THE THINGS THEY HAD
INITIALLY HOPED FOR. YOU HATE
TO SEE NECESSARY CUT. FOLKS
WERE PROBABLY ATTACHED TO AND
EXPECTING SOME CLOSER TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES. BUT I UNDERSTAND
THE DIFFERENT PLACE THAT THEM
WE FIND OURSELVES AND
120 MILLION DOLLARS APPROVED
FOR PROJECTS IN THE 2018 PARK'S
POND WILL NOT GO AS FAR AS ONCE
THOUGHT LATER CITED RISING
COSTS IN POST PANDEMIC
CHALLENGES DURING A WORK
SESSION THIS WEEK, COUNTY
OFFICIALS DECIDED TO DELAY WORK
ON THE BUFFALO CREEK RESERVE
IN GREEN HILLS COUNTY PARK
UPGRADES TO KEEP OTHER FUN FACT
PROJECTS ON TRACK.
>> WADE COUNTY ISN'T THE ONLY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEALING WITH
CONSTRUCTION COST TROUBLES.
>> IN JULY RALLY, WE ARE
SCRAPPED PLANS TO WIDEN PARTS
OF 6 FORKS ROAD AND NORTH HILLS
SAYING THE PROJECT'S COSTS HAD
GROWN TOO HIGH SINCE INITIAL
PLANNING. DAVE SIMPSON WITH
THE CAROLINAS ASSOCIATED
GENERAL CONTRACTORS SAYS IT'S
SOMETHING HE'S SEEING
NATIONWIDE. THERE IS A TREND IN
THE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
>> IN THE TRIAL AS WELL AS
THROUGHOUT THE NORTH CAROLINA'S
NATION THAT CONSTRUCTION
SPENDING HAS SLOWED SOMEWHAT.
>> AND PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION
IS THE CLIENT.
>> FUNDING FOR THE 2 DELAYED
PROJECTS COULD BE PUSHED TO A
FUTURE BOND REFERENDUM. IT'S
UNCLEAR, THOUGH, WHEN THAT WILL