This week, Johnson County's Board of County Commissioners approved maximum prices for early components of what will be seven-year improvement efforts at the Myron K. Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility in Mission. Above, a clarifier at the facility at 4800 Nall Avenue. Photo by Lucie Krisman.

The county has approved guaranteed maximum prices for initial construction and design work totaling roughly $44 million as part of a massive overhaul of the aging Myron K. Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility in Mission.

Driving the news: The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners on Thursday approved a contract amendment setting a combined maximum price of $26.3 million in construction and design costs for the project.

The upshot: This raises the total construction phase cost to roughly $6.1 million and the total design cost to roughly $38 million overall, or roughly $44 million total.

Further details: These improvements come as the city of Mission prepares to reconstruct Foxridge Drive from Lamar Avenue to 51st Street next spring — which the 24-inch pipeline sits underneath.

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