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Road-and-bridge grant match rules complicate planned bridge repair; commissioners to seek bids
Summary
Road and Bridge staff described a potential bridge project that would require a 10% local match; the county explored using tank cars as a lower-cost fix but TxDOT review raised qualification questions, prompting staff to seek contractor bids and clarify matching options.
Van Zandt County road-and-bridge staff outlined a costly bridge repair project that will require a 10% local match as a condition of state grant funding and explained why earlier low-cost options may not qualify.
Staff said the candidate project’s estimated construction cost could be in the low hundreds of thousands of dollars; the required county match would be roughly 10% (an example match figure discussed in the meeting was about $65,000). Road-and-bridge staff reviewed…
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