Tag Archives: shortage

Shipping delays are causing issues for construction in Neosho

Posted on by

NEOSHO, Mo. — Shipping delays are causing issues for the city of Neosho.

Last year City Council approved building a new Parks and Recreation office and work center next to its old location.

The new building was supposed to be completed last October, but shortages and shipping delays caused the city to push the project back 8 months.

The new building at Wheeler street is now up and the city is waiting on five garage doors before the building can get heat, and finish construction.

“Prices on everything went up. The price of the building itself. By the time we started doing the planning on the building to when we actually had it purchased price had gone up 20 to $25,000. There again a local construction company put the building up for us,” said Clint Dalbom, Neosho Parks Director.

Dalbom says they plan on salvaging some Carthage marble that’s in the 79-year-old building before tearing it down.

They expect to have the garage doors by the end of the month and hope to have the building completed by June.

Chlorine shortage impacts pool owners, businesses

Posted on by

During the pandemic, we’ve seen shortages of everything from flour and toilet paper to used cars. Now there are fears of another shortage that could impact summer fun.

Pool owners may be ready to dive into summer, but a growing number are having trouble finding an essential product.

Some Joplin, Missouri and Pittsburg, Kansas area pool supply stores tell KOAM they are experiences shortages of chlorine products. Some are already out and will be out for about a month.

The pandemic is part of the problem. Thousands of families stuck at home during the first few months of COVID decided to build a pool. The higher demand is coupled with lower supplies after a fire destroyed a chlorine manufacturing plant in Louisiana last year. Some stores are sold out of tablets and online prices have doubled on some sites.

That has pool maintenance worker Pablo Bautista turning to liquid chlorine, which is harder to use, but cheaper and in greater supply – for now. “The customers, they don’t want to spend money,” he says.

The chlorine issue has an increasing number of pool owners switching to salt systems. “All you need is just bags of salt, you put it in and you’re good to go. You rarely need to refill your pool with salt,” says Aris Terteryan, an employee at Discount Pool Mart in Los Angeles.

For chlorine users, shortages are expected to continue and experts believe prices will stay high through the end of the summer.

Watch the story on KOAM News at 5 (May 24, 2021).

COPYRIGHT 2021 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.