Thursday, March 28, 2024

City moves forward with repair to Shanley Park bridge

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The city of Granbury is moving forward on repairing structural problems with the pedestrian bridge in Shanley Park behind City Hall.

When the bridge was found to be failing several years ago, the city closed it to pedestrian traffic out of concern for public safety.

Since then, the city has been working to determine the best course of action. Should money be spent to fix the problems, or should the bridge simply be removed?

The City Council decided to fix it, and the Lake Granbury Area Beautification Council is helping to defray the costs.

At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the council unanimously approved an engineering services contract with Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc. for the design work associated with replacing the bridge and the extension of its bulkhead.

The amount is not to exceed $150,000, including a contingency sum of $11,000.

In a related action, the council also adopted an ordinance amending the operating budget for the General Fund for fiscal year 2021-2022.

The $75,000 gifted to the city by the Lake Granbury Area Beautification Council will be kept in the bank for now and used for the construction portion of the project, Deputy City Manager Michael Ross said.

Although the bridge is small and spans a narrow creek, Ross indicated that the scope of the work is “extensive” due to the fact that it is a bridge over surface water of the United States and there are storm flows to consider.

Under the contract, Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc. will provide the following services: Plans, specifications, and engineering civil/structural design; site topographical survey; hydrologic and hydraulic drainage study and report; geotech (soils) boring and reports; bid phase expenses; construction phase expenses.

No estimated completion date was stated.