Article: BLUE SKY WILL COST TOWN $240,000 SOUTHERN SHORES BUILDING AGENCY WAS POORLY MANAGED, PANEL FINDS.(LOCAL)

Byline: PAUL SOUTH, STAFF WRITER

SOUTHERN SHORES -- Project Blue Sky will cost this northern beach town an estimated $240,000 more than it had planned, according to an eight-page report released Tuesday.

Southern Shores originally committed $200,000 to the program, aimed at improving building techniques in storm-vulnerable coastal communities. However, because of management problems and unauthorized expenditures, the town must bear the brunt of an additional $240,373.

The final cost to the town will depend on final bills, which are expected to arrive soon. A three-member citizen panel compiled the report. Town officials have said it will have no ...

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