Permanent repaving of Dolphin Drive, Pitman Drive and Custer Road, where a regional water line was laid through west Plano, would cost the North Texas Municipal Water District another $849,457 under a change order its board takes up Thursday, Oct. 22.
The money would go to S.J. Louis Construction of Texas, which is building about 9,100 feet of 36-inch pipe along Custer Road to replace a 1975 line that, according to district staff, has needed more and more leak repairs in recent years.
The new line runs from a district delivery point on 15th Street east of Custer to a connection at Custer and Renner Road, and it includes a stub for a future Shiloh System ground storage tank.
Why the paving bill grew
Staff wrote that while crews were working on Custer Road, concerns came up about the safety of the approved traffic control plan and whether it met city ordinances. The plan was revised to make the work zone safer, give the contractor more room and speed the job while limiting the effect on drivers.
After construction, city and district staff reviewed the contractor's repaving plan and found changes were needed to deal with conditions next to the trench, the memo says. The change order pays for reconciling how much paving the city requires and completing permanent pavement on the three streets.
Cost and schedule
- Original contract, awarded in December 2024: $17,455,447 and 600 days
- Earlier change orders: $1,425,136 and 71 days
- Change Order No. 5: $849,457 and 125 days
- Revised contract: $19,730,040 and 796 days
