San Simeon bridges to be replaced
Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 - 11:40:11 am
Dan Reddell Email
Wednesday, Oct 3, 2007
Posted on Wed, Oct. 03, 2007
Supervisors OK replacement of two bridges near San Simeon
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to replacing two decaying bridges on a rural road north of Cambria.
The replacement bridges are located on San Simeon Road, which meanders into the mountains from Highway 1 just north of the San Simeon State Park parking lot. The bridges are 2.3 and 3.5 miles from Highway 1.
Murry Wilson of the county planning department said the bridges are old timber that he believes dates to the 1950s, and are at the top of the county’s list of bridges that need replacement.
The combined cost of the two is $3.7 million. Of that, 88 percent is funded by a federal grant; the remainder comes from local funds.
Residents Michael Phelan and Jon Pedotti, and the Santa Lucia chapter of the Sierra Club protested the bridge replacements, largely for environmental reasons.
-Bob Cuddy

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