By Darren DaRonco | Arizona Daily Star
A new downtown courthouse is going to cost the county an extra $12.5 million.
County officials blame the added expense on the city for waiting nearly a decade before pulling out of the project.
They say the city’s abandonment of the project resulted in the county’s picking up the tab on about $6 million of architect and engineering fees, as well as about $2.7 million in excessive or unnecessary additions, plus around $3 million in interest on those items.
They say if they had known the city’s plans sooner, they could have adjusted and avoided the additional costs.
