HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The cost to restore Harrisburg’s torched Broad Street Market rose this week from $20.8 million to $23.7 million.
City officials revealed the increase at Tuesday’s city council meeting, where they asked the council to approve reallocating funds to the project. If approved, the new funds would include just over $2.2 million from the Community Development Block Grant program and an anticipated $3 million more from insurance.
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Change orders to construction contracts pushed the price up, officials said. A change order occurs when the original scope, cost or schedule of a project changes. In this case, a wall collapse in December added $2.5 million because crews now need to reinforce the building, said Debbie Reinhart, project manager…