By Dena Wood
The Times
State Allocates $1.7 Million for Main Street Bridge
Flood hazard will finally be replaced after 90 year life
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Though attractive, the arch under Waitsburg's Main Street bridge creates a choke point which makes the bridge a flood hazard.
WAITSBURG – June ended on a high note for the City of Waitsburg when the Washington State Legislature appropriated $1.7 million to replace Waitsburg's Main Street Bridge. That funding was secured in the 2015-17 capital budget approved in Olympia on June 30.
City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said he has been working to see the bridge replaced for three to four years and that the city has been working on it, off and on, for the better part of a decade.
In addition to being narrow, the 90-year-old bridge, located on the north end of Waitsburg's Main Street, is built in such a way that it create...
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