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$14.26 million guaranteed maximum price for the Lawrence Lake pump station and force main
The council voted 5-0 to set a $14,255,589 guaranteed maximum price with Western Builders of Amarillo for the Lawrence Lake pump station and force main (Playa 6), funded from "2023 Drainage Bond Funds" (PRJ-0000104). KFDA reported a 30-inch force main to Bell Street and capacity rising from 3-4 million to 15 million gallons a day.[1][2]
Jerry DanforthCole StanleyWestern Builders of Amarillo
What the sources say
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On May 26, 2026 the council voted 5-0 (motion by Councilmember Tipps, second by Councilmember Reid) to approve Contract Amendment No. 1 to the CMAR contract with Western Builders of Amarillo, establishing a $14,255,589 guaranteed maximum price for the Lawrence Lake pump station and force main (Playa 6 force main and wet well), funded from 2023 Drainage Bond Funds (CIP PRJ-0000104). [1][2]
- Amount
- $14,255,589
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KFDA reported that the project includes a 30-inch force main from Lawrence Lake to Bell Street, that daily drainage capacity is expected to rise from 3-4 million gallons to 15 million gallons, that work was to begin in about a month and take a year, and that about $25 million of the drainage bond funds remained for other playa lakes. These are projections reported by the station. [2]
- Capacity after gallons per day
- 15,000,000
- Remaining bond funds
- $25,000,000