As the steel girders and deck rise above Herring Run, the new Harford Road Bridge certainly isn’t getting cheaper.

Last week, the Board of Estimates approved $1 million for private construction inspectors at the site – the latest add-on to a project that, halfway to completion, is already millions of dollars over budget.

First was the lengthy redesign of the bridge by Whitman, Requardt & Associates, which more than doubled the $1.1 million design price.

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