Letter: The Forum should dig into cost increase for lagoon project

Letter: The Forum should dig into cost increase for lagoon project

The Forum's June 7th coverage of Fessenden's wastewater lagoon is not complete. The canceled $1.9 million from the feds was made whole by the North Dakota Legislature. They did not have to do that and I see little praise for their attention in shoring up a federal sleight. In my opinion, most of the story is untold: How can a budgeted $4.2 million project morph into $6.1 million, impressively outstripping inflation and showcasing the need for co…