The new contract makes sense; if from what I understand there was a clause that said they wouldn't have to pay penalties from December 1st through the winter. If the contracter knew they couldn't be done by December 1st, they might not even try. That would leave us hanging until April. With a new contract they could identify a list of "must have's" to open, and allow the road to be used with possible speed reductions until the spring.
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