Lower Macungie Township
Church Lane Bridge Will Be Repaired, Township Says
Lower Macungie Township is making progress on plans to fix the Church Lane Bridge
Lower Macungie Commissioners revisited the ongoing saga of the Church Lane Bridge at the Feb. 21 meeting. Commissioners approved plans to fix the wooden bridge that spans the Norfolk Southern tracks near the township's border with Upper Macungie. But the fix has its "good news/bad news" aspects. The good news is that the bridge will be fixed and will take only a few days of work. A beam that is currently damaged will be replaced, and beams that are expected to go bad in the next few years also will be replaced now. The hope is that the anticipation of problems will prevent a future closing for repairs. All work will be done with cranes, according to Alan Fornwalt who was sitting in for Township Engineer William Erdman at the Feb. 21 …
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Sheriffchris
1:05 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Having it inspected and fixed during the Spring creek Bridge project would have been much much much TOO LOGICAL for the Politicians running these things.... more ›