Yet my city taxes continue to go up.

The city essentially has until the spring floods subside. After that point, life will uh… find a way.

Stay on the path!

Fails to maintain path.

People are already climbing over or tearing through the barricade.

That said they could just head over from the pump house lot instead and not deal with the bridge

Do you have to cross the tracks accessing via the Pump House lot?

Yeah you do, only crappy part but you don’t have to scale the blocked off bridge

The parks department has the lowest operating budget of all city departments and has to fight for any extra to make improvements. They are trying their best with the funds they have. Edit: should have said very low budget not lowest. Incorrect info.

I’m a bit taken aback by the extent of the redactions in the released version of the report. Almost nothing significant is disclosed about either the deficiencies OR the proposed corrective actions.

Because of the CSX ROW and the need to maintain strict grade separation for public safety, there’s not going to be a cheap solution but it appears the abutments and piers are in acceptable condition. You would think that with all the $$$ sloshing around RVA some friends of the park system would offer funding solutions IF the public could understand what the options are. Like a new spans on existing substructures.

City is going to drag its feet for ages and next summer someone is gonna get hurt crossing tracks and canal.

TYPICAL.

I just wonder the logistics of replacing that thing. They make those bridges prefab so you can just drop them on the supports, and they can’t be that expensive compared to other big projects. But there’s no road down to it, it’s going to have to come in by rail and get lifted up. There’s a company in town called Cranemasters which specializes in just that, but it’d take coordination with the railway and a lot of planning.

Me too - I mean so many black redactions!

Wait, what about that property tax surplus??? Oh right, it's going to RPD..

Listen. I'm not threatening the city gov or anything, but I need to go down there because where else can I see naked people drinking and smoking weed all summer? I need my fix

Is it normal to redact something like that? It seem very odd. Are they afraid the terrorist will take out the bridge? It sort of needs to happen anyway and would save the city money

If its closed for pedestrians shouldn't the tracks below it also be closed to trains?

I don't anticipate this bridge being repaired and/or reopened in the next 3 years.

Because, I've recently posted on here how another city of Richmond infrastructure project (Jahnke Road Improvement Project) has been delayed for 4+ years and the publicly posted reason has been "ongoing construction scheduling coordination with the railroad company". And, this project is fully federally funded but still it is being delayed so much.

If the city doesn't immediately have the funding for the full replacement, then there could be a 5+ year process of city leaders addressing it with urgency, soliciting design proposals from qualified architectural/engineering firms, going through the paces of the public bid and procurement process, and finally planning and completing the construction.

My gut reaction was to downvote this. Not because it’s false, but because I hate that it’s true

Hahahaahaaa. Where did you get that info?

There are offices with enough budge for salary.

Your estimate for a 5+ year process is most likely. These types of projects are very slow moving, especially when they aren’t politically charged.

I love that the city redacted this stuff like they're the fucking CIA give me a break.

That would get things moving quickly.

I work with them. They have to fight to get funding.

>I'm not sure if it's normal or not...I just was surprised at it like u/dino78aspieotter was.

What department doesn’t?

And where did you get that info that they have the lowest operating budget? Just curious.

Edit: Nevermind. A quick search and review found you to be wrong. https://rva.gov/sites/default/files/2022-03/FY%202023%20Proposed%20Annual%20Fiscal%20Plan%20-%20FINAL%20%28online%20version%29_0.pdf

It's not bad at all

Thanks for the info. I should have said a very low budget for the amount of parks they need to maintain and improve. Apologies for the incorrect statement.

They all struggle for funding and you threw out BS for the karma.

Parks budget is also what the city gives them. They does not include revenue from events, or the FJRP donations.

Downvote then apologize? Or apologize then downvote. You realize that’s oxymoronic?

Just try and provide real data. There is a huge resource right at your fingertips.

I didn't downvote and I edited my comment since you were right in pointing out my info was incorrect. All I know is from working with them and their limited budget for projects. I've been told their annual budget is 600k to maintain ALL of the parks. That's just maintenance without the community center improvements which they were lucky to get federal funds to complete. I'm not trying to get karma or be argumentative, just wanted to defend a hard working group of people.

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Hats off to you for correcting yourself and posting that you were wrong. I don't know why this Redittor is going after you, but I admire people who will admit they are wrong. It is so easy to just ignore a comment and go about your day, but you have integrity. Sure you did not verify your info before you stated anopinion, but it was pretty close to factual. It's not like you are writing for a dang medical journal.

I'm already plotting