Workers install one of the newly repaired wayfinding signs along Haywood Street. Infamously, the original wayfinding signs began peeling shortly after their installation, leading to a legal battle between the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority and L&H Signs, the original installer. In September, the TDA chose a new company, Geograph Industries, to repair the signs.
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Any idea of the associated cost?
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By timothypeck
10/25/2010
tim, here's your answer, from john boyle in today's citizen-times:
"The price will be slightly more than $280,000, with most of that money coming from funds withheld from the original contractor. All of the funding comes from local hotel room taxes, and the Tourism Development Authority, which operates under the CVB, spearheaded the project."
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20101025/NEWS/310250044/1009
By ashvegas
10/25/2010
As reported in the September article about the repairs, the estimated cost is $279,864 of which $207,000 are funds remaining from the amount allocated for the original project.
By David Forbes
10/25/2010
I hope they get every last dime of that $72,864 from the original contractor. There's no excuse for taking on a project of this scale without knowing what you're doing.
By Barry Summers
10/26/2010
No excuse for a quasi governmental agency to let a contract without some recourse for incompetance.
By RUBE
10/26/2010