‘Irresponsible government’: County close to losing $400k in taxpayer dollars after colleague botched multi-million dollar project, commissioners say

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars are potentially squandered after Dauphin County Commissioners voted not to move forward with a multi-million dollar project.

In 2024, $10.4 million was allocated to turn a large building on Tecport Drive in Swatara Township into a “one-stop shop” for county human services. That December, $400,000 was made as a down payment to get the building up and running, but since then, no progress has been made, according to Democratic Commissioner Justin Douglas.

“This is not political spin,” Douglas said at the weekly commissioners meeting in Harrisburg Wednesday. “It’s been 147 days since we acted.”…

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