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Consultants recommend replacing North Aberdeen Bridge unless $10 million in private funds are secured
Summary
Consultants for the North Aberdeen Bridge presented three alternatives and said a federal $23.1 million grant funds design, right-of-way and construction work; stakeholders preferred salvaging the existing span but consultants said they will move forward with a full replacement (option 3C) unless roughly $10 million in private funding is secured to close the gap.
A consultant team led by David Evans and Associates told the Aberdeen City Council that a federal grant of about $23,100,000 will cover design, right-of-way acquisition and construction costs for the North Aberdeen Bridge project, but that estimated construction costs for the three shortlisted options range roughly from about $22 million to nearly $29 million.
Deborah Seaman, the consultant presenting the alternatives analysis, summarized the level-2 screening that advanced three options: two variations that salvage portions of the existing bridge (options 2A and 2B) and a replacement in the existing footprint that would allow elements of the old bridge to be repurposed…
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