@therealjeremyknight: Austin’s $22 MILLION Barton Springs renovation is nearly a YEAR behind schedule! The historic bathhouse renovation was originally estimated at $9.3 million in construction costs, but total project funding has now reached nearly $22 MILLION. And despite all that spending, visitors are still reporting sewage odors, broken showers and a closed main entrance. City officials and the contractor are blaming each other for delays, with the historic rotunda now unlikely to reopen before December 2026. Should Austin hold contractors accountable for costly delays? Buying or selling a home? The Knight Group @realbrokerage 📱 512-595-0558 Or DM “home” to start the convo #atx #bartonsprings #renovations #atxlife #atxliving

Maranatha Parfums :

most of that is for laundering purposes

foop style :

just found out chicago negotiated to get a return of $1mil from livenation after lollapalooza and the city of austin only gets $100k from livenation after acl this city’s admin is a joke

Uncle Mike :

that is called a kick back money pit

ThatCrasian :

They need to investigate whoever awarded this contract but didn’t put any stipulations in the contract that cost overruns would fall on the vendor.

abbey :

Damn it doesn’t even look different inside

happydelightenjoyer :

City of Austin…. Yall are stressing me out.

James Sciba :

no money to build the highways though gotta get toll roads bc we can't afford it

Josh2705 :

Howd they manage to do that

Nico86M :

Bath house. I thought it was something else. Lol. 😂 I just thought it was already an exibit and restroom changing area.

Tony Rummler :

Grunk1s :

Last time they remodeled for a whole summer just to add some urinals tk them men’s bathroom lol

Ariana :

Use that money to pay teachers appropriately 😭

Laken Rodrigues :

Audit the city

Matchew :

This is what I say. They use text pairs, money not do me this favor, and not beg of you. Please look this up this major contractor, the GC, how many the subcontractors have contracts with city officials under LLC corporations as in consulting this is how these see official lender, money or get. How would you say it? Kickbox, let’s just say one of them has a contract just to put 100 lightbulbs. I mean just to go in twist a lightbulb in 100 of them. That’s $500,000. He’s gonna charge because he signed off on the deal this is how you’re sick, official laundry, money to their pockets. They ask consulting firms which their family probably owns from Delaware like hey what color should we paint this wall courses the architects but they still have to hire consultant. Thousands of dollars goes to that. This is how they get kickbacks and I’ll tell you this from experience cause I personally have seen money exchange from hand to hand not from those city officials. Several different city officials different cities different states 2030 years ago and you think this practice has died off now. They just do it in your face without you. Question anything

Sorry No :

Why do they need millions of dollars in “educational electronic equipment” when the building is supposed to allow windows to open for fresh air? The deign process is prioritizing things that strip the building of its original character. Of all the things to spend money on why was this the priority??

Salem Jones 🔥❤️‍🔥✨ :

And they have a total of two crappers in the men’s locker room area. Make that make sense.

Trint Gonzales :

It's following California smh

Jace Martinez :

Don’t worry guys, I’ll Venmo the city $10

Look.Don’t.Touch :

$22 million to remodel a pre existing bathhouse? They’re not even that big. 🚩

Suzanne 🌺 :

Why are you surprised? Costs went up for everything. Everything. Inflation affects everything.

ib202323 :

💪💪💪