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Pike County approves $2.3 million in bridge work, accepts FEMA-driven change orders
Summary
Pike County Fiscal Court approved change orders and contracts to repair and rebuild flood-damaged bridges after FEMA engineering recommendations, with work to begin as soon as contracts are signed.
Pike County Fiscal Court on May 21 approved change orders and single-source contracts to repair or rebuild multiple bridges damaged by recent floods, including a $338,385 change order for the Woodman Summer bridge and a $1,985,325 contract for the Middle Elk (Bridal Elk) bridge.
Court members said the additional work was driven by a FEMA bridge engineer’s recommendations and that following FEMA’s specifications was required to secure federal reimbursement for those repairs.
The judge and commissioners said the court had advertised the bridge…
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