Judge clears away misinformation on big-ticket Springfield water project (Editorial)

Judge clears away misinformation on big-ticket Springfield water project (Editorial)

Kudos to Hampden Superior Court Judge Michael K. Callan for dismantling the flimsy excuses used by the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission to justify using an anti-competitive “project labor agreement” on its $256 million West Parish Water Treatment Plant upgrade.The commission’s own consultant, the engineering firm of Hazen and Sawyer, had provided a written report in November that adding a PLA to the project would increase the cost of rough…