No Bidding for Lake Delton Repair

Good idea?

Officials in this resort community on Monday approved forgoing a bidding process so cleanup and restoration of Lake Delton can continue without delay, and also began the task of getting back in the National Flood Insurance Program.

About 50 area business and homeowners attended the 20-minute meeting where the Village Board announced the state Department of Transportation will handle repairs to the breached area of the lake and Highway A, with the goal of restoring the lake by the spring. The village is working to create a diversion channel in the lake to direct water to its intended outlet at the dam, which should be completed this week.

It would take a couple of weeks to put an emergency bidding process together.  Would that really prevent a Spring date?