$4.9 million bridge project on target
Tyler County Booster - January 2010

July 9—If you live near, or have to cross daily, one of the counties numerous bridges then you know that a lot of them are under some stage of construction. And while you might be inconvenienced for a while longer if you have to detour around one of those bridges, Tyler County Commissioners Martin Nash and Jack Walston say it will be worth it. The bridges are part of a project that they say Tyler County could never have afforded if it weren’t round two funding as a result of Hurricane Rita. Tyler County, as a result of a lot of hard work, and not a few trips to Austin, by Commissioners, received $4.9 million in Hurricane Rita Round Two funding specifically to replace bridges and fund drainage projects in Tyler County. The funding is making possible the replacement of 12 bridges and seven drainage structures in the county. While it may seem like it is taking a long time to construct these bridges, especially if you are inconvenienced, Nash and Walston say that the whole process is being driven by economics. There is a single contractor working on the project and as a result, all the bridges are being built at the same time. The concrete bridges will be here for a long time.