HISTORIC ISSUES
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Vol.17
No.2 - 7/15/1882 |
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Courtesy of the New York
State Historical Association Library, Cooperstown, N.Y (.PDF files)
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New York Canal Times -
Online newspaper
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Mercury Media Group
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SEMO pays up for Richfield bridge repairs
By Janine Giordano |
jgiordano@rsmercury.com
The long awaited, much anticipated emergency funding reimbursement check has finally arrived from the State Emergency Management Office (SEMO), bringing the total disaster relief funds resulting from the June 2006 flooding received from SEMO up to nearly $600,000.
| | Town of Richfield Highway Superintendent Mike Kress described the damage to I-beams beneath the steel mesh roadway, that is part of the Hyde Street bridge, which has compromised the safety of the 100-year-old structure. As a result, the bridge will be closed from now until possibly the summer of 2009 while under reconstruction. The repairs are estimated to cost the town approximately $200,000. (Photo by Janine Giordano) | |
The town received $152,408.51 Nov. 20, according to town of Richfield Highway Superintendent Michael Kress.
“I am anticipating one more check to cover cost overruns that have already been approved, that were written up as a separate work sheet,” Kress said. “So they will paying me in a separate check for that and administrative costs, so the total will be over $58,000.”
With that final payment, the town will be 100 percent reimbursed for the cost of the contractor and all engineering and any other related costs for the Gulf Road bridge, according to Kress. The $58,000 is in addition to the agreed upon amount of $298,955.15 approved by SEMO prior to the project’s inception.
Any other projects resulting from the June 2006 flooding have already been reimbursed, he added. This includes work on a number of roadways where drainage sluices had to be replaced. For example, Kress cited Mower Avenue, which was closed for a few weeks while a sluice was replaced with a larger culvert pipe for better roadway drainage.
Five other sluices throughout the town were replaced, along with shoulder work required on roads that had experienced erosion during the flooding.
“A lot of the work was for the reconstruction of Gulf Road above the bridge, where the road had been washed out. One section of the road needed replacement and repaving,” Kress said.
The money received from SEMO will be used to pay back the highway budget fund balance of $50,000 borrowed to pay for the repairs.
“The rest of the money will be used next year to offset taxes,” Kress said.
Bridgework is keeping the town busy, with this year’s focus on the Hyde Street bridge, which is currently closed and will remain closed until probably the summer of 2009, Kress said.
“Spectra Engineering is going to be doing estimate and design work this winter,” Kress said. The job to replace the bridge will be put out to bid in the spring.
Until recently, the bridge, which measures 17 feet wide, was able to hold three tons, according to Kress. The new bridge will not have a maximum weight and will be expanded to 21 feet in width, meaning school buses will now be able to safely cross the bridge.
Since this repair is the result of maintenance and natural occurrences, the $200,000 expenditure will not be reimbursed through any programs. The damage sustained was due to “the gradual deterioration of the approximately 100-year-old steel deck bridge. The deck bridge allows road salt to deteriorate and rust out the I-beams,” Kress explained.
The town hopes to save some money on this repair, approximately $20,000, by doing some of the demolition of the old bridge with town workers.
Since 1995, SEMO had distributed more than $2 million in reimbursements to entities qualifying for emergency relief funding, according to information provided on its Web site.
SEMO receives and disburses millions of dollars annually in federal and state disaster public assistance funds to local governments, state agencies and other eligible applicants. Since 1995, more than $2 billion in reimbursements have been made to affected entities. SEMO works with New York State and local government agencies to provide funding, aid, goods and services to emergency and disaster victims.
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