Onward - it's Friday

So I really will start to blog everyday about things Bridge related. It's been a long month of gathering information, doing research, creating a committee and an identity, fundraising, and talking on the phone.

This week was the proof. A Conservation Board meeting on Tuesday, where we discussed what our group has been doing, I as nervous, a lot of Umm's. Thursday with the Supervisors was easier, that was like going out for coffee with friends.

Bottom line: all are with us. and simply if I have this right, the CB voted to not put more money into the bridge, then the Supervisors thought that the bridge would fall in the river and it would be a crisis and removal from the river expensive, so they decided to demolish the bridge, scrap it with a net cost of about 10,000 bucks. so

When we step in with money and a plan that is a win/win for everyone. We have permission to go ahead with tree removal, working with the CB because they still manage the land. Then we will get a cable in there to strengthen the bridge over the winter, from high water and ice pressure.

Then we get to the plans for rip rap. Turns out my oldest sister Anne was friends with the owner of Peterson Contractors, who I called weeks ago, and had one of their engineers out last week. Bottom line in this case, he had lost Anne's address a while ago, and would have Justin call me soon. I was a call out of the blue for him and he answered his own phone early in the morning so that was good!