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Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority recieves $175k to fix railroad bridges

The Redevelopment Authority of Luzerne County was awarded state money Monday to help with repairs to seven railroad bridges used by the authority, officials announced. Gov. Tom Wolf announced $40 million in funding through the State Transportation Commission for projects throughout the state, $175,000 will come to the authority for repairs to seven bridges, including tie alignment and replacement, tree removal and walkway replacement. The improvements will come to rail bridges in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, according to authority Executive Director Andy Reilly. Work will be done on the following bridges. • The Kingston Susquehanna River Bridge will have pier nose repairs, and the clearing of trees and brush from approaches and piers. • The Wilkes-Barre Secondary Trolley Bridge will have walkway planks repaired. • Hudson East Thomas Road Bridge will have ties realigned, walkways replaced and south end shims — a thin a or wedged pieces of material used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects — replaced. • The Hudson Mill Creek Bridge will have shims replaced, ties realigned and restorations to the concrete bed made. • The Wilkes-Barre secondary “Fat Lady” bridge will have a bearing replaced and a walkway repaired. • The Dunmore Spring Brook Creek bridge will have trees and brushes cleared from approaches and pilings. • The Avoca RBMN bridge will have ties replaced. Reilly said it was “too early” to know when the money would come from the state. County officials received a loan in 2001 because the authority was in danger of defaulting on its mortgage and losing ownership of the track.

 

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