Finance committee recommends $1.16 million allocation to buy and install two pre‑engineered bridges

The Sudden Valley Community Association Finance Committee on March 24 recommended that the board allocate $1,157,088.53 from the roads capital fund to purchase and install two pre‑engineered steel bridges, one at Area Z (off Roy Road at Honeycomb) and one at Polo Park (crossing Beaver Creek between Sunnyside Lane and Lost Lake Lane).

The committee’s recommendation follows an earlier board approval of $131,004, which committee members and staff said covered design and permitting. Joel, a staff presenter at the meeting, said the $1,157,088.53 request does not include that prior $131,004 and therefore the combined project total will be higher when the earlier amount is added to the purchase/installation authorization.

Committee members said the Area Z bridge is restricted because it can no longer carry the gross vehicle weight needed for road crews’ trucks, creating inefficiencies in snow‑season service. The Polo Park crossing has a failing 8‑foot corrugated metal culvert that staff and…