The full report, which was completed last September, was finally released to the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee last week.
“I insist you make this document available to other members of Congress and the American people,” Rep. Coffman said in a letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald. “American taxpayers and veterans are entitled to VA’s detailed explanation as to how the costs of this project spiraled out of control seemingly overnight.”
An investigation by the Corps of Engineers blamed the overruns on multiple design changes and a decision by VA officials to use a complicated contracting agreement that wasn’t fully understood.
The $1.7 billion total price tag for the Aurora VA hospital means the medical center will cost nearly triple the original estimate.
The hospital is slated to open in January 2018.
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