Work continues on water plant as contractor misses deadline

Less than a month ago, Havre Mayor Bob Rice and public works director Dave Peterson said the city would fine the contractors on the new Havre water plant $2,000 a day if the firm didn't finish the multimillion-dollar project by July 31.

The contractor, Williams Brothers Construction, isn't done. The city, Peterson said today, is not going to punish the company.

"We haven't gotten to that point yet. We're still working with the contractor on that," Peterson said. "We're very close. Hopefully it'll be finished in the next couple weeks."

There's plenty of construction that still needs to be done...