Excerpts from Sequoyah County Times...
Sequoyah County Commissioners approved two contracts.
They had to table approval of two resolutions on bridge projects because the paperwork was not available.
Ron
Cagle of Kelly Engineering in Tahlequah, which is the county’s
engineer, explained that the two bridges are to be put in the county’s
five-year bridge repair and replacement program and will not be
replaced immediately.
One bridge is over Tin Cup Creek, one mile
east of U.S. Highway 59 north of Sallisaw and off State Highway 101.
Cagle said the bridge traffic has increased over 50 percent in the last
five years, the bridge now has 450 vehicles pass over it per day, and
is posted for eight tons.
The second bridge was built in 1927
and is one and a half miles south of Akins on a county road. The bridge
is only 16 feet wide, Cagle said, has no guard rail. Traffic over the
bridge has increased 100 percent in the last five years, and the bridge
now has 250 cars pass over it per day. Cagle said a bridge further
south on the same county road is being replaced, and the safety and
attractiveness of the road will improve when both bridges are done.
The commissioners had to table the resolution on the two bridges until the paperwork is done.
The
commissioners also approved a contract with Muskogee Youth Services for
youth detention at a cost of $23.27 per day per child.
Posted on
Thu, May 28, 2009
by Crystal Drwenski