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Upper Milford manager reports Vera Cruz bridge delay; Quarry Road permitting complete and bids pending
Summary
Township Manager reported the Vera Cruz Road bridge is behind schedule and now expected to open to traffic in December, with contractor completion in spring; the Quarry Road bridge is through engineering and permitting and bid packets should be ready soon. A resident asked about scaling Quarry Road bridge to one lane; manager said changing width would require re-engineering and new permits.
Township Manager (recorded in the minutes as "Bud Carter") told the Upper Milford Board of Supervisors on Sept. 1 that the Vera Cruz Road bridge project is behind schedule and is now expected to reopen to traffic in December, with contractor work to finish in the spring.
Manager Carter also said the Quarry Road bridge has completed engineering and permitting and that bid packets should be ready soon. That exchange followed a public question from resident Phil Casey, who asked whether the Quarry Road bridge was permitted and suggested the structure could be reduced to a single lane to save on construction costs.
Manager Carter responded that moving to a narrower bridge would require new permitting and re-engineering because the current work is designed as a direct replacement with the existing abutments retained: “to change the bridge width, all plans would need to be re-engineered,” the minutes record.
The minutes do not include a detailed project schedule, contractor name, or budget breakdown beyond the expected traffic reopening in December and contractor completion in spring. The board did not take formal votes on these project timelines during the meeting; the manager’s remarks were entered as part of the regular reports section.
