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LaredoBridgeCostlyLAREDO (Spl) - It will cost the City of Laredo approximately §3 million to realize a long-delayed second international span across the RioGrande.The figure was quoted by -Mayor J. C. Martin Jr. based on data from the Bridge Division of the Texas Highway Department,• Martin said the city began planning for the facility years ago with a far smaller cost es-timate. Rising cost of materials and construction has put the figure far beyond the earlier figure, Martin said.Bridge Proper 'Marlin said the bridge proper will cost the city $1,663,348. Cost of a truck route,-thespan approaches, toil jrtaza and ramp facilities will put the total at $2,532,813.The mayor said the city also has to contend with the cost of acquiring necessary right-of-way and administrative expenses.I believe the whole thing will cost Laredo some $3 million before we get through with it, Marlin said.The mayor, recently re* elected to another four-year term, said he is hoping that work can start on the second bridge before the end of 1974.lie said Laredo cannot proceed with execution of a final agreement with the Mexican government without a permit from the U. S. Coast Guard.Study StartedMartin said the latest data from the project engineers. I\aul Garza Associates 'of Laredo and George Rangel Consultant Engineers of San Antonio, indicates that an environmental impact statement on the project is now under study by the White House Council on Environmental Protection. ...The environmental impact statement initially was submitted months ago to the different interested state and federal agencies.But it was rejected because of pending questions relative to historical conservation.
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San Antonio Express News
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1974
Page 12
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