Moorestown Democrats

There is a good deal of misinformation circulating about the Town Hall Project. In fact the bids received were consistent with the known costs of the restoration project. After the fire, Town Council was informed that it would cost approximately 12 million dollars to rebuild the Town Hall to the condition it was prior to the fire. When I left Town Council, it was known and understood that the additions which were foreseen would likely increase the cost of the project to approximately 16 million dollars. While there are ways of cutting costs (generally by using less expensive and lower quailty materials, less energy efficient design and reducing the size of a project in square feet), I find it curious that anyone would expect that this project could have been accomplished for 11 ½ million and that the cost of a project would decrease over time.