The Road Commission of Oakland County announced today that funding has been awarded to pay for the replacement of the Avon Bridge over the Clinton Rover in Rochester Hills.
One lane of the east bound portion of the road has been closed since last year due to structure deterioration resulting in huge traffic tie ups.
The money was approved through the Local Bridge Program which is operated by MDOT and includes both state and federal funding.
This approval will cover 95% of the construction costs and the RCOC will cover the remaining 5%.
Additional costs such as design, additional right away, ect. will be paid by the city.
The BAD News is that it is not approved until 2013.
Perhaps the city could actually have the bridge repaired and be reimbursed by these funds once they are made available. The traffic delays due to the lane closure is a hardship to Rochester Hills residents.
Cool: they can fix it on the 50 year anniversary of the original 1963 build.
ReplyDeleteI used to fish with my grandpa off the old one-lane steel girder bridge before that.
Pretty bad when you can easily outlive critical infrastructure.
How are all those 1973 water mains in RH?