Center Street Bridge plan: Phase 1 funded; Phase 2 lacks financing and faces permit delays

Anna Henderson, area manager for the Salem office, presented the Center Street Bridge update and said the project will retrofit the river span and east approaches in Phase 1 and address the West Approach in Phase 2. She told the committee Phase 1 is approaching 100% design and is estimated at about $198,000,000 from design through construction, with current construction cost estimated at $182,000,000. "Phase 2 will address the West Approach reconstruction...we're estimating between a 185 to $270,000,000, but no funding has been identified for that for phase 2 yet," Henderson said.