Tom Windus, the county’s superintendent of highways, told the Department of Public Works meeting that bridge crews have finished work on County Route 15 and moved to County Route 30, Trapping Brook, and County Route 31 in Friendship.
Windus said work at the Friendship site was delayed because contractors did not receive bearings on time and that crews plan to pour concrete on the first part of the deck next week. "The due date was October 31. They're now looking at November based on the fact that they didn't get the bearings," Windus said.
Windus said the contractor, Whitford, is scheduling pours to avoid cold‑weather curing problems and expects finishing tasks — guardrail, grooving and final surfacing — after the pour. He added crews are planning the pour so they "don't have to worry about heating and tenting."
On the separate Andover bridge, Windus said the project remains in right‑of‑way negotiations and awaits consultant work and bid authorization. He told the meeting the county recently learned its region receives about $2,000,000 a year intended to build one structure across six counties and that some of those funds may be reallocated this cycle to help projects that are over budget. "So at least we are gonna get some help towards that project," Windus said, but he did not specify a dollar amount for the Andover bridge.
Dwight Fanton, who opened the meeting as chair of the Department of Public Works, asked for questions during the capital update; commissioners asked about schedule and contractor performance but did not take a separate formal vote on the bridges at the meeting.
The meeting record notes that the Friendship work will likely not open the bridge by the original October 31 target and that the Andover project is contingent on right‑of‑way clearance and how the regional allocation is divided among counties.