The city will make a $170,000 emergency repair to a bridge on Date Palm Road after a truck exceeding the posted weight limit crossed the span and a large piece of concrete fell off.
Boca Raton-based Florida Concrete Protection LLC won a $202,794 bid to make minor repairs to the bridge, over the Fishtail Canal, and two others on Date Palm Road last September. Its contract includes the replacement of lower pile caps, concrete crack repairs, overhead concrete replacement, resurfacing roadways and minor sidewalk repairs.
The too-heavy truck drove over the bridge on April 12. Date Palm Road is in the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club.
The city expects to recover the repair costs from the company that owns the truck, Assistant City Manager Mike Woika said.
— Steve Plunkett
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