LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Nearly $650,000 was lost after the U.S. Army stopped construction of a warehouse at Fort Sill after an Indian tribe said it was being built on sacred ground, according to a newspaper report.
The Oklahoman reported in a copyrighted story Sunday that the government paid more than $421,000 to a Florida construction company that had started work on the Training Support Center warehouse at Fort Sill. The contract with the company was terminated last year.
The government also paid more than $227,000 in design costs involved in changing the location of the warehouse, according to court filings.
Last year, the post's garrison commander changed the warehouse location after a federal judge blocked construction on land south of historic Medicine Bluffs. The judge acted after the Comanche Nation complained that the warehouse was being built on sacred land.
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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
The Oklahoman reported in a copyrighted story Sunday that the government paid more than $421,000 to a Florida construction company that had started work on the Training Support Center warehouse at Fort Sill. The contract with the company was terminated last year.
The government also paid more than $227,000 in design costs involved in changing the location of the warehouse, according to court filings.
Last year, the post's garrison commander changed the warehouse location after a federal judge blocked construction on land south of historic Medicine Bluffs. The judge acted after the Comanche Nation complained that the warehouse was being built on sacred land.
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Information from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com
