Bigger deal.(Whispers)

Dwarfing the aforementioned Saline County school construction is a Maumelle project weighing in at $67 million.

Well, that was valuation placed on the building permit for the replacement campus of Oak Grove High School.

But we understand that figure will slide toward about $55 million after officials decided to cut costs.

We had no inkling that we had served up a straight line when asking, "What will it take to scale back the project by $12 million?"

"A lot of revision," came the retort of our insider.

General contractor: Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock.

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