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Pulaski County Commissioners received roughly $1.6 million from the Missouri Department of Transportation, or MoDOT, on Monday to restore Devil's Elbow bridge on Route 66.
Rick Pilcher, a District Design Liaison with MoDOT in Willow Springs' District 9 office, attended Monday's commission meeting to discuss the soon to be available funds.
Pilcher said, through MoDOT's Bridge Replacement Off-system program, the county will receive $1 million to repair the bridge.
According to the department summary report on the proposed repair of the bridge, the county also will receive $250,000 from the 2007 Transportation Enhancement program, $8,000 from the National Park Service, $250,000 from a community development block grant and roughly $25,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Pilcher said the county will have to provide $70,000 for "in-kind services."
Spencer Jones, an engineer with Great River Engineering, said those services are generally things that the county can do with available resources, such as manpower and already owned equipment.
Pilcher said one condition attached to the bulk of the funding is that the project cannot stop before it is completed. If it is stopped short of completion, Pilcher said, the county will have to pay back the appropriated funds.
Pilcher said, for the project to move forward, the county needs to give him a letter stating the acceptance of the conditions of the funding, submit an updated program data sheet with a map of the area and submit a modified application to the Meramec Regional Planning Commission to show proposed changes of the 2007 Transportation Enhancement program.
"It looks like a win win situation," said Presiding Commissioner Don McCulloch.
Pilcher said the $1.6 million would cover the essential repairs to the bridge, making it safe.
"This has been a very long process," Pilcher said. "The main thing is a safe structure."
Jerry Plunkett, a local materials engineer and president of Advanced Military Equipment Inc., also attended the commission meeting to discuss his proposed rehabilitation of the bridge and get the necessary signatures on an application for the Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment Program.
According the application, the county is requesting $1.479 million in federal funds for construction of a light-weight deck on the bridge that will be equipped with internal electric heating units powered by a renewable energy source, wind turbines.
Plunkett said he would take the application to Jefferson City on Monday.
Plunkett said the funds he is requesting would allow the bridge to become a green bridge and put it closer to being part of the National Historic Register.
Pilcher and Jones said the funds Plunkett is requesting would not interfere with the proposed plans and funds available through MoDOT.
"These are actually quite different projects," Plunkett said.
Pilcher said any costs exceeding the appropriated $1.6 million would be the county's responsibility.
"We're all going in the same direction," Jones said.
Pilcher said there is no current timetable for completion of the bridge repairs.
Pulaski County Commissioners received roughly $1.6 million from the Missouri Department of Transportation, or MoDOT, on Monday to restore Devil's Elbow bridge on Route 66.
Rick Pilcher, a District Design Liaison with MoDOT in Willow Springs' District 9 office, attended Monday's commission meeting to discuss the soon to be available funds.
Pilcher said, through MoDOT's Bridge Replacement Off-system program, the county will receive $1 million to repair the bridge.
According to the department summary report on the proposed repair of the bridge, the county also will receive $250,000 from the 2007 Transportation Enhancement program, $8,000 from the National Park Service, $250,000 from a community development block grant and roughly $25,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture.
Pilcher said the county will have to provide $70,000 for "in-kind services."
Spencer Jones, an engineer with Great River Engineering, said those services are generally things that the county can do with available resources, such as manpower and already owned equipment.
Pilcher said one condition attached to the bulk of the funding is that the project cannot stop before it is completed. If it is stopped short of completion, Pilcher said, the county will have to pay back the appropriated funds.
Pilcher said, for the project to move forward, the county needs to give him a letter stating the acceptance of the conditions of the funding, submit an updated program data sheet with a map of the area and submit a modified application to the Meramec Regional Planning Commission to show proposed changes of the 2007 Transportation Enhancement program.
"It looks like a win win situation," said Presiding Commissioner Don McCulloch.
Pilcher said the $1.6 million would cover the essential repairs to the bridge, making it safe.
"This has been a very long process," Pilcher said. "The main thing is a safe structure."
Jerry Plunkett, a local materials engineer and president of Advanced Military Equipment Inc., also attended the commission meeting to discuss his proposed rehabilitation of the bridge and get the necessary signatures on an application for the Innovative Bridge Research and Deployment Program.
According the application, the county is requesting $1.479 million in federal funds for construction of a light-weight deck on the bridge that will be equipped with internal electric heating units powered by a renewable energy source, wind turbines.
Plunkett said he would take the application to Jefferson City on Monday.
Plunkett said the funds he is requesting would allow the bridge to become a green bridge and put it closer to being part of the National Historic Register.
Pilcher and Jones said the funds Plunkett is requesting would not interfere with the proposed plans and funds available through MoDOT.
"These are actually quite different projects," Plunkett said.
Pilcher said any costs exceeding the appropriated $1.6 million would be the county's responsibility.
"We're all going in the same direction," Jones said.
Pilcher said there is no current timetable for completion of the bridge repairs.
