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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2018
Levy: ‘We need to
get more money, but
how do we do it?’
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The U.S. Highway 101 crossing of Ecola Creek near Cannon Beach is one of several structurally deficient bridges in
Clatsop County. The bridge is being planned for eventual replacement.
Bridges: Load restrictions can affect economy
“We want to get the peo-
ple who use the services to
pay for it,” Mekenas said,
referring to the times of year
where a large influx of tour-
ists lead to higher call vol-
umes. “Eventually we need
to get more money. But how
we do it? That’s the tap dance
we’ll have to do to figure it
out.”
Board members Sha-
ron Clyde and Bob Cerelli
agreed, but had doubts about
the city’s cooperation.
“We all want the best
help we can get, but we only
have ‘x’ amount of dollars
to do it,” Clyde said. “Noth-
ing would surprise me more
than getting money from the
city.”
Benedict understands the
concerns of the board, and
will continue to research all
possible funding sources, he
said.
The board will revisit
the decision on how to
approach the levy in Feb-
ruary. If they decide not to
approve the version with
the rate increase, Benedict
said the district still has the
option to modify the original
fire chief levy into an oper-
ational one while keeping
the existing rate. Instead of
the revenue only paying for
fire chief-related items, this
would simplify the budget
process and allow the dis-
trict to spend the money on
all general operations, Bene-
dict said.
“I want to make sure
research is done, there is
public input and to make
sure we are transparent to
our citizens,” he said.
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Along with maintaining
bridges, McFadden’s crews
operate draw spans on Youngs
Bay, Youngs River and the
Lewis and Clark River, some
nearly 100 years old.
“I think we’ve done a pretty
nice job around here of preserv-
ing and maintaining the historic
structures,” he said, pointing to
the recent work on the decks
of the 94-year-old Lewis and
Clark and 97-year-old Youngs
Bay bridges.
The state has seen an increase
in distressed bridges because of
their age and new design stan-
dards indicating the potential
need for weight restrictions.
One of those weight-re-
stricted bridges is the Fort Ste-
vens Highway spur of Ore-
gon Highway 104 crossing
the Skipanon River west of
Home Depot. The 89-year-old
span, formerly a draw bridge
raised for logging operations,
is restricted from large vehicles
such as logging trucks, McFad-
den said. Plans are being cre-
ated to repair and paint steel ele-
ments in the bridge.
A 2015 analysis by the trans-
Amtrak: Service reverted to prior
route between Tacoma, Nisqually
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The Skipanon River Bridge in Warrenton is one of three identified in Clatsop County as
in need of repair.
portation department of aging
highways and bridges projected
that deteriorating infrastructure
and weight-restricted bridges
could cost the state 100,000 jobs
and $94 billion in gross domes-
tic product by 2035.
“Portland and coastal com-
munities will be hit hardest,” the
analysis said. “As the trade and
export hub for the entire state,
the Portland Metro region will
experience a greater reduction
in production than any other
region in Oregon. Communi-
ties along the coast will also suf-
fer significant losses because it
will cost more to move freight
to export markets.”
The $5.3 billion infrastruc-
ture package recently passed
by the state Legislature was
meant in part to help stop the
precipitous decline in roads and
bridges before they face weight
restrictions, Johnson said.
“In another year or two,
we’ll have big effects on the
economy from load restric-
tions,” he said. “We’re really at
a tipping point, and we’ll know
in the next year or two whether
we can get in front of it.”
After the derailment,
Amtrak passenger service
reverted to its prior route
between Tacoma and Nis-
qually, Washington, along
the shoreline of Puget
Sound, which is shared with
many freight trains.
Last week, Amtrak rolled
back its recently expanded
service between Seattle and
Portland to the level that pre-
ceded the December derail-
ment. The revised schedule
offers four Amtrak Cascades
daily roundtrips, down
from the six roundtrips that
launched on the morning of
Dec. 18.
Washington state legisla-
tors were told during a com-
mittee briefing last week that
positive train control is not
active on any Amtrak pas-
senger service west of the
Mississippi.
Eaton said everyone at
Amtrak feels “deep sor-
row” for the loss of life and
injuries resulting from the
December derailment south
of Tacoma. He said federal
rules to protect the integ-
rity of the National Trans-
portation Safety Board crash
investigation prevented him
from disclosing any facts
Amtrak has learned about
the crash cause.
Washington state Secre-
tary of Transportation Roger
Millar testified that there
was not undue pressure to
launch high speed rail ser-
vice before train engineers
and crews were adequately
prepared to use the reno-
vated Point Defiance Bypass
route.
“There was no deadline
for initiating service,” Millar
said. He acknowledged there
were deadlines for complet-
ing construction on track and
signal upgrades, which he
said were not a factor.
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