North Shore Connector gets back on track
$10 million cut out of budget; project 70 percent complete
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A year after facing a $117.8 million shortfall and possible shutdown, the North Shore Connector project is alive and well.

Port Authority project director Keith Wargo told a board committee Wednesday that another $10 million has been trimmed from the project, largely through management efficiencies.

Since May, the estimated cost has fallen by $24 million, to $528.8 million, also due in part to lower-than-expected construction bids in the more recent stages of work.

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