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Serving Taylor, Old Forge, Moosic & Surrounding Areas
Area leaders voice their opinions Page 4
January 29, 2015
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‘Back on Track’
ON THE INSIDE Letters to the Editor
BANNER
Work underway on Main Street Bridge in Moosic
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by Shannon C. Keith
TRIBORO BANNER EDITOR
Times-shamrock communiTy newspapers 149 Penn Avenue Scranton, PA 18503 Phone: (570) 207-3473 Fax: (570) 207-3448 E-mail: triborobanner@ timesshamrock.com
Work on the Main Street bridge project in Moosic is anticipated to wrap up in August.
PHOTOS LACKAWANNA COUNTY
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It’s been three years in the making, but the Main Street Bridge in Moosic is finally one step closer to joining the now-split community. Although the new bridge, won’t officially be complete and ready for traffic until August, borough police chief Charles Maurer is pleased the work is underway. “It means a lot for the people of Moosic,” he said. “There was a concern, from a public safety standpoint, all along because our officers would have to add an additional one or two minutes to their response times, depending on where they happened to be and where they were dispatched.” Funding for the $1.18 million dollar project is 80 percent federal, 15 percent state and five percent Act 26 (additional state funding). The contract was awarded to Dupont-based Minichi Contracting Group in July 2014, and a notice to proceed was sent to the contracting firm in September. According to Lackawanna County engineer Gary Cavill, Minichi has concrete abutments already poured and will be placing steal I-beams in March, with a planned pouring of deck concrete in May. As this project will solve some of public safety concerns the Moosic Borough police chief expressed, officials from the state Department of Transportation will close and rebuild the smaller bridge over the Lackawanna River that connects Main Street to Lonesome Road this spring. Work on that bridge is expected to be wrapped up sometime next fall.