The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee Study needs an additional

MARIETTA — County Chairman Tim Lee’s wish to pay an engineering firm $368,000 more than the $1.4 million the county is already paying for a transportation study is being met with raised eyebrows by at least one commissioner.

The Board of Commissioners agreed to pay Dutch engineering firm Arcadis $1.4 million in February to prepare a transportation plan, a study the county conducts every five years to be eligible for state and federal grants.

Lee plans to ask the Board of Commissioners to raise the bill to $1,768,000 Tuesday.

The chairman said the initial $1.4 million payment was for the firm to conduct an engineering analysis of the county’s transportation needs.

But about two months ago, Lee said he decided the report should include what the community wanted its transportation improvements to be as well as how the county could go about paying for them.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee Study needs an additional.