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FEMA estimate reduces Cape Loop bridge rebuild cost; court may cut contingency from proposed budget
Summary
Engineers and FEMA estimated a targeted repair and temporary bridge for the Cape Loop (Kegeloop) crossing instead of a full $6.5 million rebuild; commissioners said that lowers the county’s projected contingency need by several million, which could help reduce pressure on fund balance and the tax rate.
KERR COUNTY, Texas — County leaders told the commissioners court that engineers and FEMA produced estimates for repairs to the Cape Loop (Cadelloupe/Kegeloop) bridge and a temporary crossing that together are far smaller than earlier worst‑case rebuild numbers, and that the change meaningfully reduces the amount the court had reserved for road and bridge contingency in the proposed budget.
An estimate FEMA produced for repairing the damaged span was presented as $1,170,206.38, and county staff said an additional temporary bridge project — placed at the Rio Vista low‑water crossing to maintain in/out access during construction — was estimated at around $500,000. The judge said the earlier $6.5 million figure for a full rebuild would be removed and replaced by…
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