The Edward Street bridge between Riverview and Parkway will be replaced this summer.
The city’s Director of Engineering Kayla Dixon tells us it was going to be refurbished, costing $2-million, but that changed once further assessments were done. “Once we actually had a structural engineer start the design work… they went in and did the field investigations, and that’s when it was determined the full replacement would be the better option.”
The Director of Engineering adds that part of Edward will be closed from May or June into the fall, while the $6-million job is done.
She adds refurbishing was not the best option.
“It just won’t last that long. We’d be doing a major repair shortly after, and then we’ll have to replace it in the near term as well. So, rather than doing those interim steps at this point, it just makes sense to replace it,” says Dixon.
The city official adds there will also be watermain work and the roundabout at Redwood done this summer.
