Dive Brief:

• Walbridge, the general contractor for a new Wayne County jail that is not happening in downtown Detroit, says it delivered what it promised, and the project's being $90 million over budget is Wayne's fault.
• CEO John Rakolta said the county terminated Walbridge for "convenience," not cost.
• The county is expected to sell the site to a company that will develop an entertainment complex and to try again to build a jail on land the state had been willing to sell it in the first place for $1.5 million.

Dive Insight:

Rakolta says an investigation into how the project went off the budget rails will show his company did nothing wrong, but it is being seen in the wrong light until then and he wants to correct the view. The county auditor has produced a report on the mess, but the county prosecutor is keeping it under wraps during a criminal investigation.