“NYC Transit likely spent more to replace the cable trays than if that task had been included in the original scope of work,” said an IG report.
The MTA’s construction wing “intentionally excluded” a crucial component of a 2021 signal upgrade project — a “mistake in judgement” that cost taxpayers an extra $3 million, the MTA Inspector General said.
But a probe revealed the construction officials were previously aware of the issue, but excluded it from the project “almost certainly because of budget constraints,” acting IG“NYC Transit likely spent more to replace the cable trays than if that task had been included in the original scope of work,” said an IG report released Thursday.
MTA Inspector General Elizabeth Keating blames New York City Transit’s Maintenance of Way Department for not fixing the issue sooner.from 2017 until August 2021.But Keating also faulted New York City Transit’s Maintenance of Way Department for not correcting the error sooner.Keating, in a statement, noted that, “Expanding scope once a project is underway is notorious for increasing the cost of a project, as any homeowner knows.
The IG probe, however, found that was not the case, as the surveys flagged the trays early on as “in poor condition” and in need of repair.A “field observation” had identified “deterioration” of cable trays along the tracks.“Clearly, the [MTA] designers made a mistake by not including the replacement of cable trays in the original contract scope of work,” the IG report said.
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