WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later

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WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 02:14:08 2020 Original price tag $1.2 million. WJLA, ABC 7, DC Metro has spent $3.8 million and 5 years building 2 bike racks. They're still unfinished. by Sam Sweeney, ABC7 Wednesday, February 12^th 2020 Metro has spent $3.8 million and taken five years to build two unfinished bike racks — at East Falls Church and Vienna Metro Stations. WMATA originally budgeted $600,000 for each rack, but the price tag has soared to $1.9 million each. The covered bike shelters will house 92 bikes, putting the price tag at more than $20,000 per bike. Future costs to finish the projects could raise that number even higher. The projects were supposed to be completed in December of 2015, but remain unfinished in 2020. Metro says due to “(n)umerous construction quality issues, including damage caused by a contractor repeatedly drilling into an underground duct bank, led to lengthy delays.” The transit agency severed ties with the first contractor four years ago. Metro says a second contractor also did not meet its quality control standards. In a statement to ABC7, Metro says, “Quality control issues with contractors can take time to sort out, but Metro determined it was more important to get the project done right rather than get it done quickly.” In January 2020, signs at the fenced-off construction site said the project would wrap up in late 2018. After ABC7 aired its story in January, the signs were removed. ABC7 has requested all documents related to this project between the transit agency and the contractors involved though a Freedom of Information Act request. We have still not received any documents. While regular riders say they have not seen construction workers here in months, WMATA says it hopes to have the project completed in the next few months.
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Feb 16 02:59:26 2020, in response to WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 02:14:08 2020. Virginia is becoming, oh man. And the crazy thing about this is no one will be fired. In the private sector someone would be fired.
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Feb 16 03:52:25 2020, in response to WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 02:14:08 2020. How the hell can they fail at building bike racks, and why so expensive! 1. Drop sqiggly pole thing. 2. Connect to sidewalk with 8 bolts. Repeat 1-2 until 92 bikes are accommodated. 3. Install canopy above.
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 06:10:23 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Feb 16 03:52:25 2020. a contractor repeatedly drilling into an underground duct bank If you do that, the sky's the limit on what it can cost.
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sun Feb 16 12:49:35 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 06:10:23 2020. Oof. That certainly explains a lot....
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 16 14:15:37 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 06:10:23 2020. Somebody didn't look at the engineering drawings of the station.
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 19:44:38 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 06:10:23 2020. Especially if it was done "accidentally on purpose" to drive up those costs. Is it your job to be the Subchat excuse fabricator,?
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Aaron on Sun Feb 16 19:51:25 2020, in response to WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 02:14:08 2020. I'll get it done for $3.7 million...
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 21:24:00 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Feb 16 19:44:38 2020. What are you blabbering about now?
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Feb 17 11:44:21 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 16 21:24:00 2020. LOL, ad hominem and ad lapidem. That's a response I'd expect from LuchAAA. Guilt over the Beobachter Slimes catching up to you?
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Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later
Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Feb 17 11:45:36 2020, in response to Re: WMATA spent $3.8M on bike racks at East Falls Church and Vienna (VA)—unfinished 5 years later, posted by TransitChuckG on Sun Feb 16 14:15:37 2020. Slip-ups like this seem too commonplace. Assuming they're slip-ups; or a ploy to drive up costs.
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