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Bond County board backs rebuilding Red Ball Trail bridge on west side
Summary
Bond County commissioners and attendees voted unanimously to rebuild the Red Ball Trail wooden bridge on the west side of the existing structure after Highway Engineer Mike McCormick presented four options. McCormick said he will move forward with the project.
Chairman Chris Timmermann called the Bond County Board to order at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting heard an informational presentation from Highway Engineer Mike McCormick about the Red Ball Trail wooden bridge.
McCormick presented four options for the bridge — build east of the old bridge, build west of the old bridge, rebuild in the current location, or do nothing — and reviewed pros and cons for each. After questions and comments from residents in attendance, Chairman Timmermann asked for a show of hands on the preferred option; "It was a unanimous vote to build on the West side of the existing bridge." McCormick told the board he would move forward with the project.
The decision followed public input and an engineering presentation; the minutes do not record a formal roll-call motion for the bridge site selection beyond the show-of-hands result. The board's next procedural steps or funding details for design and construction were not specified in the minutes.
