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Save-the-Bridge volunteers ask Waterville council for grant process during ODOT pause
Summary
Citizens said ODOT paused demolition of the Rose Taboof Bridge and urged the City of Waterville to adopt a process to accept and hold grant funds while they pursue restoration funding and volunteers.
Save-the-Bridge volunteers told the Waterville City Council that the Ohio Department of Transportation has paused plans to demolish the Rose Taboof Bridge and urged the city to adopt a process to accept and hold grant funds while the group seeks restoration money.
At the meeting, citizen David Weber described the pause and said the funds ODOT planned to use for demolition come from gasoline and diesel taxes. “The money for the demo of the bridge is coming from gasoline and diesel taxes. So it's it's federal in origin,” Weber said. He and former council member Barbara Bruno said they are organizing a small citizens group to raise money and pursue grants to preserve part or all of the structure.
Weber told the council his research…
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