Clare County Council has been handed a bill of over 11 million euro for works on sewage schemes across the county, even though the tender price was 6 million.
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The contractor, P&D Lydon, completed schemes for the villages of Feakle, Scarriff, and Quilty having submitted a tender for 6.1 million. HOwever, it’s final bill, which has been described as outrageous by local representaives, came in at 11.4 million.
After receiving the bill, the Council assessed the project to be worth 6.5 million euro, and then entered into a concilliation process with the company.
That process cost over 65 thousand euro, and saw the local authority enter into an agreement with P&D Lydon to pay the company an extra 1.35 million, excluding VAT.
