What was believed to be one of the first U.S. transportation public-private partnership projects to be led by county officials has turned sour.
The Northampton County, Pa., General Purpose Authority and Kriger Construction Inc. failed to agree during a recent mediation on how much the county would credit the Dickson City, Pa.-based contractor for its costs for withdrawing eight of 33 bridges covered under a 2017 agreement. The county sought $6.8 million, but Kriger proposed less than half that amount, about $3.2 million. Last month, the county filed a lawsuit in state court in Easton seeking the contract credit.