tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post3335177765140013739..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Center Street Bridge Collapse in 1890 Should Remind us to Preserve and Maintain FirstSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-58322261438057692502014-09-29T18:45:31.070-07:002014-09-29T18:45:31.070-07:00Thanks, Mike!
It should also be noted that in the...Thanks, Mike!<br /><br />It should also be noted that in the agenda packet to which Mike links, there's great testimony from No Third Bridge forces.<br /><br />It's also relevant that we will have spent upwards on $10 million on the Third Bridge process - when we could have spent much less than 10% of this on the seismic assessment you note "could cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars." Context is important here. Around $7 million of this is actually spent. You could pull the plug on the bridge process <i>right now</i> and have plenty of money left for the seismic assessment of the existing bridges!<br /><br />Any word on the info Jim notes Sonny Chickering was going to get on why we are in the last tier?<br /><br />(You might have missed <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2014/08/mwact-mwvact-august-7th-oregon-highways-seismic-options-report-.html" rel="nofollow">the earlier discussion of this particular MWACT meeting</a>!)<br /><br />All notes about <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/search/label/Cascadian%20Subduction%20Zone%20Earthquake" rel="nofollow">the big earthquake can be seen here</a>.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-80915986451102089242014-09-29T17:53:59.473-07:002014-09-29T17:53:59.473-07:00At the August Mid-Willamette Area Commission of Tr...At the August Mid-Willamette Area Commission of Transportation (MWACT) meeting, the state bridge engineer gave a presentation of seismic vulnerability of Oregon's bridges and ODOT's Mitigation Plan. The presentation concerned the entire state and the Tier 1, 2, and 3 proposal. Minutes of the meeting can be found at ODOT's MWACT page in the October agenda packet <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/pages/act_mwvact.aspx" rel="nofollow">here </a><br /><br />The state bridge engineer said it would cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars to assess the vulnerabilities and needed fixes for Salem's Willamette River bridges. He explained that if a project of this size was programmed , ODOT would likely need and want to work on the structural fixes as well as retrofitting for earthquakes. He gave a rough estimate of $22 million retrofit and $45 million structural repair for Marion St. Bridge ($67 million total); $14 million retrofit and $50 million for Center St. Bridge ($64 million total). These are planning level estimates only.<br /><br />Mike Jaffe<br />MWVCOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-39254263728422884362014-09-20T19:55:24.260-07:002014-09-20T19:55:24.260-07:00How do you think the dams on the Santiam will hold...How do you think the dams on the Santiam will hold up in a major earthquake? If Bib Cliff goes down, what happens to Salem/Keizer?Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-9777831634374860632014-09-19T09:59:12.270-07:002014-09-19T09:59:12.270-07:00At the Oversight Team meeting yesterday, a co-lead...At the Oversight Team meeting yesterday, a co-leader of NO 3rd Bridge asked the ODOT representative on the OT why ODOT has made retrofitting the Marion and Center Street bridges a "Tier 3" priority (that's 3 out of 3). Sonny Chickering said he did not have the answer but that we could get it and get back to NO 3rd Bridge and the OT. We are looking forward to his answer.Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.com