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Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 in Local
Coweta hopes stimulus funds coming for Greentop bridge
The Times-Herald
The final plans for the replacement of the Greentop Road bridge are being completed, and Coweta County officials are "hoping very desperately that the DOT will give us stimulus money for the project," said Wayne Kennedy, Coweta's director of development and engineering.
The Georgia Department of Transportation recently announced two Coweta projects that will get stimulus funding -- the intersection improvement at Ga. Hwy. 16 and Senoia Broad Street, and the resurfacing of Ga. Hwy. 54 from Ga. Hwy. 16 to Luthersville.
But that was not the final list, and the other projects should be announced in the next two or three weeks.
Coweta is applying for funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the Greentop Road project as well as for the replacement of the White Oak Creek Bridge on Canon Road.
If stimulus funding is not approved, the county will still move forward with the projects, likely using money from the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. The Coweta County Commission recently voted to allow the $1 million in SPLOST money set aside for the TDK Boulevard extension bridge to be spent on other needed projects now that the TDK project is dead.
On Tuesday, Kennedy said he is still working to get the engineering, railroad agreements, and right-of-way acquired for the Greentop projects. "We are very close to having all of the required right-of-way for the project and the railroad agreement should be accomplished shortly," Kennedy said. Greentop Road, between U.S. Highway 29 North and Herring Road, remains closed to through-traffic with boulders blocking the bridge.
A flagman from CSX railroad will have to be on site at all times when construction is taking place, Kennedy said. The DOT will be doing the coordination with the railroad, he said.
The new bridge will be both longer and taller than the existing bridge. The new bridge will have to be 26 feet above the railroad tracks. Kennedy said that measurement is tall enough for a train to pass underneath with a person standing on top.
The bridge will have two piers and three spans, Kennedy said. The space between those two piers will be wide enough to accommodate a second railroad track, at the request of CSX, Kennedy said.
Construction on the bridge replacement will take 12 to 18 months, depending on the weather.
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No I don't need a little dose of reality ME. If you do not have the money finish one project then do not start another.
Posted by becky at 9:34 AM
Ummm, I don't know why you are complaining about finishing the "project". They have secured an unsafe bridge so that you will not be driving on top of it when it collapses. Would you rather they left it open and unsafe until the funding and permits were attained? I think you need a little dose of reality Becky and MOMO!
Posted by Me at 12:29 AM
Okay, now we "desperately" want the stimulus money? Aren't we afraid of becoming socialists anymore? I guess when the money is for OUR projects its alright.
Posted by Robert at 11:07 PM
The bridge has been close for 6 months and looks the same at it did then. Finish one project before starting another. Is that real hard to do? Everyone near Greentop would like to see this bridge finished.
Posted by becky at 6:44 PM
You start a project without funding and without right of way. What a joke!!! The bridge starting being closed in December!! Now you are going to start a project on 34 bypass. Why don’t you finish one project before you start another?!?!?
Posted by MOMO at 7:17 AM
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Becky, my comment was simply stating that the closure of the bridge was NOT a PROJECT, it was a safety hazard, period. The project has not be started. The bridge is closed, thats it.
Posted by Me at 11:52 PM