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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEast 29th Extension 020805o vemen t on • East 29th Extension By PAT LESTER Eagle Staff Writer Bryan and College Std- tion may , soon get the East 29th Street opening project off dead-center, more than three years after com- pletion of the major portion of Bryan's section of the joint venture. Plans and specifications fcr Bryan's one-fourth mile of paving and the bridge on East 29th Street will be ready to advertise "in a few weeks", City Manager Fred C. Sandlm said. "Ever since we paved 29th Street, we have been anxious to get it extended through, but not anxious enough to build the one-fourth mile and the bridge until they (College Station) are ready," Sandlin said. College Station City Manager Ran Boswell said, "We bought the right-of-way two months ago." The right-of-way cost approximately $12,000. Boswell said the plans and specifications for the College Station segment of 29th Street have been prepared. Boswell said College Station will coordinate work on the 29th Street project with Bryan. Bryan bought the right-of-way for 29th Street in 1965. The project was started in May 1965 and completed to Rosemary Drive in January 1966. The cost of improving 29th Street to Rosemary Drive was $157,555.46. "We have the plans for the (remaining) paving, but we don't have the plans for the bridge design," Sandlin said. Mayor D. A. (Andy) Anderson of College Station said, "Some years ago we agreed with the City of Bryan for them to build the bridge and then we would connect with it." Holland Winder, Bryan city engineer, estimated the one- quarter mile of paving will cost $29,400 for Portland cement concrete, compared with $26,4017 in 1965, and $23,800 for asphalt, compared with $18,360 in 1965. Winder said the bridge will probably cost between $29,000 and $25,000. "The bridge will probably be a concrete piling affair," he said. Boswell said College Station plans to pave its section of the street with asphalt at an estimated cost of $40,000. He ay Be Near said the College Station segment will be approximately one-half mile long. Mayor Anderson said 29th S t r e e t will connect with niversity Drive and extend to arrow Street. He said the reet will eventually connect th Lincoln Street. Anderson said the delay in the ollege Station part of th3 oject was caused by the -'financial outlay it required and urgency on spending the available funds for the present street program." "We did consider it when the last bond issue came up. It was approved by the citizens in the bond issue," he said. "I recognize the importance to the community to improve the principal arteries between the two cities. This will enable more development in the area because it will open up ad- ditional acreage. This will be beneficial to both cities," An- derson said.