Sharraxaadda
For the amount of people coming from North Carolina and Great Bridge, a 2 lane bridge is NOT enough! Some people know how to share the road, but they seem to be few and far between. There needs to be a stoplight put in and the bridge needs to be widened to 2 lanes for both directions. OR they need to build an additional bridge.
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Jay (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Heaven71 (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
It's in the works. Funding the Replacement
Project Cost: $48.4 million
o $10 million Federal Work Plan New Start: complete design ($500,000) and initiate construction ($9,500,000)
o $12 million Congress Energy & Water Appropriations
o $20 million from the Commonwealth of Virginia
o $6.4 million Army Corps of Engineers
City of Chesapeake has already spent $1.5 million for right-of-way acquisition
Replacement Schedule
Early 2016 – Federal funding secured
June 2016 – State funding secured
April 2017 – Right-of-way acquisition begins
Early 2019 – Construction begins
Will the completed bridge be tolled? No. Will vehicles still be able to use the bridge during construction? Yes. The new south span of the bridge will be built first while the current bridge is still in use. Once the south span is completed, traffic will be diverted to that span, the old bridge will be demolished, and the new north span will be constructed in its place.
La xidhay susan (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Heaven 71, thank you for the detailed response!
Susan
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crazybren31 (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
Reopened crazybren31 (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)