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St. Cloud settles with contractor over botch brick road project

ST. CLOUD, Fla. — The Saint Cloud City Council has accepted a mediated settlement with a contractor.

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The city hired Cathcart Construction to install bricks as part of its downtown revitalization project.

A year after the work was done, it announced plans to sue, saying the cracks, potholes, and ongoing repairs were not what taxpayers paid for.

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Under the settlement, the city will withhold $200,000 of the nearly half-million dollars it had not paid Cathcart for the project.

That money will be used to replace the bricks on 10th Street with asphalt.

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