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Letter: South Fork bridge makes no sense

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The plans for a new bridge over the South Fork four miles below where the road ends at the South Fork Campground are being finalized in preparation for construction next summer. Since Federal money is paying for part of the cost, Federal standards must be followed. The result is a wide two-lane bridge (32 feet between curbs) and 400-600 feet of wide connecting roadways located within a long stretch of single lane road which dead…

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  1. [email protected]
    December 21, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    Well of course it makes sense. There is a future pipe line project planned for the Still Water and the construction companies couldn’t get their equipment across that old bridge. Have you been here long enough to remember the last bridge we the people paid for just before the Elk Creek project got started. They used the same argument that it was too narrow. The only vehicles that it was too narrow for was all the heavy equipment that was needed to develop the Elk Creek properties. The county tax payers paid for a bridge that they will hardly ever use and secondly, will benefit only a few. That bridge also saw the stepping down of one of the Commissioners and him leaving town right after he voted for that bridge.

    Scott Fandrich
    Meeker

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