Van Etheridge This is Me

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1. 1. www.macon.com

   www.macon.com/198/story/441976 - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/24/2008   Last Visited: 8/24/2008

   Of 64 projects, only six remain, said Van Etheridge, program manager for Moreland Altobelli Associates Inc., the engineering firm overseeing the program.
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   By that time, the cost of the roads program will have ballooned from a projected $300 million in 1994 to about $500 million, Etheridge said, mostly due to increases in costs since the original estimates were made.
   
   The voter-approved penny tax raised $127 million, and state and federal dollars have shouldered the remainder of the costs.In addition, the county has paid about $25 million to Moreland Altobelli for managing the program, according to county finance documents.
   
   Although Moreland Altobelli's first contract lasted only six years, the program wasn't supposed to be completed in that amount of time, Etheridge said.
   
   Even with perfect conditions, most projects of any magnitude would take five to seven years to be designed and put out for bid, he said.Planning, securing necessary approvals and dealing with opposition all have caused the road program to take longer than most people expected, he said.

2. 2. FHR - Mediation?

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   Published on: 11/7/2007   Last Visited: 7/27/2008

   What's more, Van Etheridge, a Moreland Altobelli engineer who works with the county's road program, said a total redesign of the project would take an additional five to eight years to complete, given the complexities of the state and federal documents involved.
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   Tuesday, Van Etheridge, a Moreland Altobelli engineer who works with the county's road program, said a total redesign of the project would take an additional five to eight years to complete, given the complexities of the documents involved. .[BS- Self Serving Nonsense - They just want to keep spending our tax dollars for another 5-8 years!
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   (thought Van retired?Didn't he start to say that concessions could be made on the redesign of FHR before he was reminded?)

3. 3. www.13wmaz.com

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   Published on: 5/20/2008   Last Visited: 5/20/2008

   Now the state may chip in enough money to finish the job, according to Van Etheridge with the Macon-Bibb County Roads Improvement Program.
   
   About three-quarters of the Houston Avenue project is already under construction, Etheridge said.The county used money from a Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (SPLOST) to pay for it.But construction costs rose and the county spent or committed all $17 million dollars from the SPLOST before they could start the fourth part of the project.
   
   Etheridge said the Georgia Department of Transportation told him they're willing to help with about half a million dollars to resurface the fourth section of Houston Avenue.