Wouldn project engineers and consultants warn a customer not to build on a karst floodplain?
They did. But others, apparently unfamiliar with the karst dangers inherent in the site, said it was OK to build. If money is no object, one can build anything on a karst floodplain. But money is very much an object in this matter. The project was originally estimated to cost $13 million with a $36 monthly user fee. Now, the project is estimated at $20 million (and growing) with a $54 monthly fee. This is before the project has even broken ground. And there is presently no money in the project for safely mitigating any “unexpected” karst hazards.
