I do not have any experience in the bid process or accepted procedures but I know the cost of improvements to our city is skyrocketing out of control.

I may be getting the numbers wrong here, but this is what I remember: Fargo recently painted lines on some of our streets to designate bike lanes. If memory serves, it cost just more than a million dollars to PAINT LINES on the street... I don't recall how many miles of lines it was, but I know that is TOO MUCH to paint lines on the street.

At some point, no matter how bad you want the project done, you have to go back to the contractors and say, "No. It's too much. We'll try again next spring."

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