This week, the Dallas Morning News reported Parkland officials realized a year ago that construction costs for the new hospital were $156 million higher than planned — and that hospital officials hid that information from the public. Currently, officials said the new Parkland Hospital is $16 million over budget, according to the report.
In a statement, Parkland executives said the report was inaccurate and untrue.
“The new Parkland Hospital project is not now nor has it ever been $156 million over budget,” the statement read. “And far from hiding information from the public, the option of moving all Parkland facilities across Harry Hines at a cost in excess of $100 million was discussed and rejected during public meetings of the board of managers’ facilities committee at which the Dallas Morning News was present.”
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