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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Our Swing Bridge that includes the Barge
I think their best remedy has been to repair the structure for around half a million dollars. This is accomplished by doing minimal structural repairs while filling the barge with closed cell floatation foam.
It’s determined that this fix should last in the neighborhood of about thirty years or more, just about the same life expectancy of a replacement barge, but at about one fourth the costs. There’s also more upside with doing this because unlike a new barge, if a vessel hits a foam filled barge, it will not sink plus we won’t have to close the bridge to install the foam.
The Board is looking to see if there is any state or federal grants available that could save our Village money so these guys are really on the ball.
One might want to attend the August 18th meeting to hear the updates. Good job guys.
This site will give you some insight on foam applications.
http://www.sprayfoam.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=1521
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2 comments:
WoW!! These guys rock! Thanks so much Bridge Board for what you are doing. Sounds to me like we need them on the BOD. And you rock too, big guy, for keeping us informed.
Where can we read the Breeze article?
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