Page 3 of today’s Contra Costa Times has this headline:
As a member of the Concord Planning Commission that has yet to formally consider the project that caught my attention. (The online version uses a different but still misleading headline.)
"Although there are still a few lingering details to work out, John Muir Medical Center officials have approved a long-awaited expansion at the Concord campus that will cost $50 million less than expected."
What? "…a few lingering details…" Nothings been approved. The John Muir Board has decided to move forward with the project and seek city approval. Cost $50 million less than expected? Let’s see…what’s that second paragraph say?
"Last month, hospital officials said plans to expand the Grant Street facility had become too expensive, having skyrocketed to $200 million from $100 million just two years earlier, because of rising construction costs. Plans approved unanimously by the John Muir board of directors last week came in around $149 million."
Is it just me or doesn’t that say that the project is now $49 million more than expected? Or does it depend on when you’re doing the expecting? Two years ago or last month.
Probably good news for Concord – just a strange way to write it up.
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