As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Collins advocated for funding to replace the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Kittery, ME and Portsmouth, NH. In September, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx called Senator Collins to inform her that his department would award $25 million in the Transportation Investment Generation Economic Recovery (TIGER) VI funding for the project. This funding will specifically replace Sarah Mildred Long Bridge’s rail component, which supports an important national security need, enabling the safe and efficient transportation of materials from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The total project cost is approximately $158.5 million. The Federal Highway Administration has classified the bridge as Structurally Deficient, and has noted its truss spans are fracture critical, meaning that the failure of steel tension members could result in collapse.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:23:46 +0000
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