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Main Street Bridge Design is Underway

Challenges will include a high approach and harvest construction

WAITSBURG – At their October meeting, the Waitsburg City Council approved a design and engineering contract with the engineering firm Anderson-Perry for work on the city's Main Street Bridge.

Anderson-Perry Technical Manager Howard Boggs discussed the beginning stages of the process ahead and explained the City will have decisions to make in the future.

In June, the state legislature appropriated $1.7 million to replace the 90-year-old bridge that is a flood hazard for the city. Unfortunately, timing is such that construction will end up taking place during the 2016 harvest, cutting off the ro...

 

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