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PARKERSBURG Details about a proposal to purchase and rehabilitate the Memorial Bridge were made public over the last week, but the effort by United Bridge Partners has been underway for several years.
“We just found that it was a bridge in need with, potentially, a lack of funding,” said Ryan Dolan, vice president of business development for Colorado-based UBP, after Thursday’s presentation to Parkersburg City Council.
While the bridge is in “fair” condition a 5 out of 9 by Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inspection Standards the city only has a fraction of the funds the company is prepared to bring to bear on the estimated $50 million rehabilitation project.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com Parkersburg City Council President Zach Stanley, right, explains the format for a council workshop to discuss priorities for the coming year and the four-year term during a Committee of the Whole meeting Friday at the Municipal Building as Councilmen Austin Richards, left, and Chris Rexroad listen. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Chris Rexroad writes down items fellow council members identify as concerns in their districts during a meeting of council’s Committee of the Whole on Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins) Parkersburg City Councilman Bob Mercer speaks during a Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss council priorities Friday at the Municipal Building. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com A fund title “Ciara’s Grace” was recently created by Boxers Bed and Biscuits in honor of Ciara Petri, a former employee who recently passed from cancer. This fund will help people whose pets are in life and death situations. (Photo Provided) Ciara Petri was an employee at Boxers Bed and Biscuits who recently passed from cancer. Her final wishes were to help animals so a fund was set up in her honor to help people pay for veterinary costs for their pets in life or death situations. (Photo Provided) Deanna “DeeDee” Rosalie Carver Parkersburg City Attorney Joe Santer, right, is applauded by Councilmen Zach Stanley, front, and Jeff Fox and City Clerk Connie Shaffer during Tuesday’s council meeting, Santer’s last after serving as city attorney since 1998. (Photo by Evan Bevins)