WHERE ARE WE AT? – At the request Monday (Aug. 2, 2010) of the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township Board of Commissioners, the township engineering firm of Bursich Associates will attempt to learn from the state Department of Transportation about progress in reconstruction of the East High Street Bridge crossing Sanatoga Creek at Sanatoga Road. The bridge has been closed since June 14 as PennDOT contractors rebuild the deteriorating structure. Problem is, commissioners openly complained during their first meeting of this month, they rarely see workers on site after 3 p.m. during weekdays. They fear the bridge won’t be re-opened, as promised, by the month-end start of school. This Post file photo shows the bridge as it appeared July 9, with reinforcing steel laid into the its road surface.
Related (to the East High Street bridge):
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- Sanatoga Bridge Torn Up; Choose Alternate Route
- Bridge Closing Affects School Buses This Week
- Plans Ready For 422 Emergency When Bridge Closes
- Bridge Work Started, But You Might Miss It
- PennDOT To Fine Contractor For Bridge Work Delays
- Traffic Pattern Shifts Ahead At High Street Bridge
- State Says High St. Bridge Repairs To Cost $2.2M
- PennDOT Offer Sanatoga Bridge Work Timeline
- Details Are In That Pesky Paperwork
- PennDOT Set For Meeting On Bridge Work
- Missing Walks Latest Bridge Complaint
- Will Road Be Closed When School Re-Opens?
- State Says No To Keeping Bridge Open
- Township Looks To Pols For Bridge Help
- Bridge Closing Threatens Businesses, Board Says
- Sanatoga Bridge Closing This Spring
- Bridge Repairs Next Year
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A schedule and routine updates should be mandated to PENDOT. I recall the Sanatoga Bridge over the Schuylkill being abandoned and allowed to decay..
Everyone should call their represenative and let him know we need ongoing reports and information as well as a kick in the ass to PENDOT to do what was promised.
The state being the occasionally stubborn entity that it is, Ed, means I doubt township commissioners can force it to offer an update on the bridge’s status. I think everyone agrees it would be in PennDOT’s best interests to keep all involved in the loop. I’m willing to bet Lower Pottsgrove’s board gets a progress report by the time it next meets.