Lansdale Borough staff reported recently that another round of bids will be needed for a replacement electric transformer at the borough’s Richardson substation.

Replacing and upgrading the Richardson substation has been on the borough’s to-do list for several years, and developer Equus Capital Partners agreed to contribute to the cost of replacing the substation when their plans for building apartments atop the adjacent Madison Parking Lot were approved last year, writes Dan Sokil at thereporteronline.com.

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In 2013, a similar electric transformer upgrade with borough staff doing the installation ended up costing roughly $492,000, but the only responsible bidder for the most recent project came in at roughly $806,000, with several other bidders seeking the job but with problems with their paperwork.

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