Carolyn Ryall, director of the Region’s transportation service and Frank Tassone, associate director of transportation engineering, gave a status report on the smaller bridge that closed Hwy. 20 to traffic west of the Allanburg Bridge last week to Thorold council Tuesday night.
Regional staff conducts assessments of Niagara area bridges “every second year,” Tassone explained.
“In 2017, we identified this bridge would be a one to five-year need” in terms of capital repair costs, he added.
“Due to budget pressures, it fell on the later end of the five-year” project list.
However, “when we had our 2019 inspection,” staff said they noticed a high level of decay on the bridge, and closed it for what they considered “emergency” repairs.
“It will be closed for the next two to three weeks to perform the interim repairs,” said staff; adding that they “hope to carry out the permanent bridge reconstruction in 2021.”
Any inquiries concerning this project may be directed to Niagara Region Dispatch at 905-984-3690 or Frank Tassone, at 905-980-6000, ext. 3349.
