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BELLOWS FALLS The problem of what to do to replace the Depot Street Bridge keeps getting thornier and more expensive.
But a business leader whose business is headquartered on The Island, which is served by the failed bridge, urged the Rockingham Select Board last week to think long-term.
Costs for the various options range from a high of $9.2 million to $5.2 million, with the local share ranging from $474,000 to $1.5 million.
Casey Cota, president of Cota & Cota Oil, urged the board to endorse what is likely to be the most expensive option for replacing the bridge, but would serve the town s businesses better.
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BELLOWS FALLS â A complicated and expensive decision faces the Rockingham Select Board over what to do about replacing the decaying Depot Street Bridge.
The Rockingham board made a decision two years ago, choosing to replace the historic bridge with a look-alike concrete arch span, virtually at the same location.
But the Vermont Agency of Transportation and its engineering consultants discovered that the design would trigger expensive costs related to the nearby Great River hydro station, since the bridge crosses the historic Bellows Falls Canal, which acts as the water penstock which feeds the hydroâs turbines.
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WESTMINSTER â âInspire kindness and pay it forwardâ is a phrase Casey Cota and Kelley Cota Tully learned from their grandfather, Ken Cota. After making some technology upgrades at Cota & Cota, Casey and Kelley chose to donate 24 tablets to Kurn Hattin Homes for Children to repurpose. Knowing the challenges children and educators have been facing during the pandemic, they knew this gift would assist with new ways of learning and growing in and outside of the classroom. Cota & Cota has been a longtime supporter of Kurn Hattin Homes.
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