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CBIRS Request 529
 
Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #529
Replace Bridge on Companero Entra Drive
 
Requester: Charles G. Mixson, P.E. Organization: Hernando County Department of Public Works
 
Project Title: Replace Bridge on Companero Entra Drive Date Submitted 1/13/2004 5:07:44 PM
 
Sponsors: Fasano
 
Statewide Interest:
The replacement of this bridge will increase access to communities along the Hernando County coast as well as enhance recreational boating.
 
Recipient: Hernando County Board of County Commissioners   Contact: Gregg W. Sutton, P.E.  
  20 North Main Street, Room 460   Contact Phone: (352) 754-4062  
  Brooksville 34601   Contact email: Gsutton@co.hernando.fl.us
 
Counties: Hernando
 
Gov't Entity: Yes Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):  
 
Project Description:
These funds will be used to replace the bridge on Companero Entra Drive in the Hernando Beach community. It will improve vertical clearance for recreational boating traffic. The bridge spans Seashell Canal which is a small estuary which opens to the Gulf of Mexico.
 
Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? No
 
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
This project will remove the existing bridge and provide for the construction of a new bridge at the same location. It will raise the vertical clearance at mean low water from 5'-0" (existing) to 10'-0". This was facilitate recreational boating for Hernando Beach residents.
 
Amount requested from the State for this project this year: $1,500,000
 
Total cost of the project: $1,500,000
 
Request has been made to fund: Construction
 
What type of match exists for this project? None
  Cash Amount $  
 
Was this project previously funded by the state?   No
 
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?   Unknown
 
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?   No
 
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? Unknown
 
Is there a documented need for this project? No
 
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?   No