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NEIGHBORS ...........20 Scottsdale teen, 13, choreographs DesertStages musical.
SPORTS .......................25 Scottsdale native takes SU football's helm.
ARTS .............................. 26 Santa is pretty easy to find around Scottsdale.
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Sunday, December 4, 2022
Inflation slams Scottsdale’s capital projects BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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cottsdale Public Works Director Dan Worth recently gave the city council a grim view of what a project costs these days and it wasn’t very pretty. Capital improvement projects that are part of the 2019 bond this year have run $25 million over what was projected, forc-
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ing officials to cover the shortfall from the General Fund. And it gets worse from there. Bond projects that are in the works right now are expected to run $39.4 million over budget over the next three years. The main culprit: inflation. For example, the cost of roadway and pedestrian improvements on Main Street from Scottsdale Road to Brown are projected to
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rise 36% above estimates over five years. “It’s Valley-wide, it’s nationwide,” Worth said. “I’m hearing from our colleagues that they’re suffering some of the same issues. I’m hearing a lot from the industry, the design consultants and the larger contractors that a lot of them are going out and commissioning studies of their own to take a look at
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BY KEN SAIN Progress Staff Writer
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arental rights advocates in Arizona are celebrating huge gains, both in the Legislature and at the ballot box. Purple for Parents, a parental rights organization, endorsed 38 candidates in November’s school board elections across Arizona and unofficial results show that 20 of them won seats – including two in Scottsdale, one each in Gilbert’s two main districts, one in Chandler and one in Mesa. “We’re very happy,” said Michelle Dillard,
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It’s that time of year when Santa has positioned himself in a lot of different places, including at Talking Stick at Salt River Fields, which is aglow in millions of lights at the Enchant presented by Hallmark Channel display. But nearly 2-year-old Nellie Hunter didn’t seem too impressed by St. Nick as she runs to her dad, Jordan Hunter, to be rescued. For a look at all the various holiday displays around Scottsdale, see page 26. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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