The local subcontractors who are frustrated and not getting paid are from Steamboat Springs and Craig. And there are 54 statewide subcontractors (including from Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins) who haven’t been paid. The local contractor in Steamboat Springs says she has submitted the paperwork, back in November, and monthly since then. She prefers not to be named, but she said today the total money owed is over $1 million.
“We have never had a problem getting paid before. We just need to get paid so we can pay the contractors. Because we’ve done the work. The work has already been done since October.”
The Steamboat Springs Postmaster, Alex Garza, who started in Steamboat Springs in mid-November, says the paperwork has been incorrect, so the requests have been declined to be processed for payment.
Subcontractor Travis Pyles contacted Steamboat Radio News in frustration saying, “people are being evicted, losing cars, and marriages.” He asked if Steamboat Radio News could help