Financial Fumble in Longhorn Stadium

May 29, 2008

In a classic example of the rule ‘be careful about picking the cheapest vendor,’ the Cedar Hill ISD will have to spend $850,000 to fix drainage problems that were caused 2 years ago by a now defunct company.

The field in Longhorn Stadium apparently has always suffered from poor drainage since 1999. In 2004, the district spent about $480,000 to fix a drainage problem where water would stand on the field. The company, now bankrupt, didn’t perform the work correctly and it must be redone. Except now, it’s the district that is getting drained.

The School Board is understandably upset.

Too bad, really. $1,300,000 is a lot of money to fix a drainage problem that probably should have been corrected by the original contractor when the stadium was built in 1999.

Source: Dallas Morning News