Council approves 1.44-acre purchase to enable road reroute and avoid costly bridge replacement
Council approved acquiring 1.44 acres of 9 Foss Road to build a new city road, remove a failing 60-year-old bridge and realize projected savings versus full bridge replacement; the planning board had recommended the purchase.
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Public-works Director Kevin Gier described a long-running infrastructure problem: a 60-year-old bridge with failing wing walls and dry-laid stone abutments whose full replacement was estimated at about $1.5 million. The city presented an alternative — purchase of a 1.44-acre parcel at 9 Foss Road to reroute a city road, demolish the failing bridge and avoid higher rehabilitation costs.
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