The Wea Creek Bridge on Hedge Lane, south of 311th Street, will undergo a full replacement starting this Spring.
Miami County Commissioners awarded the construction project to Wichita based Dond-Lin-Ger & Sons Construction Co., Inc. which submitted the low bid of just under $1.5 million. The bid came in under the budget estimate of $1.53 million. Project Manager, Matt Oehlert, says the work is expected to start between March 2nd and April 27th, and is scheduled for 200 calendar days. The project will require traffic to be diverted to Oak Grove during construction. A detour route will be made public soon. Oehlert says traffic on Hedge Lane at the bridge south of Paola is quite substantial with an average daily count of about 1,400 vehicles, according to the most recent study.
The bridge, which was built in the 1950’s will be moved about 40 to 50 feet to compensate for a shift in the WEA Creek Channel. The county’s quarter cent sales tax is the primary funding source for the project, which was not eligible for Federal or State grants.
