A revised construction total from Dewberry, a Carlisle-based engineering firm that has provided the preliminary and final engineering/design services for the Berne Station Bridge, was received and the final structure plans for the project were submitted to PennDOT in June for comment and review.

The county and PennDOT will be contracting with a third party firm, McTish Kunkel & Association, for construction inspection and testing services. The revised estimate of total costs was received by the county’s contracted bridge engineer, McCormick Taylor. In addition to providing day-to-day engineering services in furtherance of the county’s bridge program, McCormick Taylor also serves as the PennDOT-appointed project manager overseeing this project. The project is 80 percent federally funded and 20 percent state funded.

Right now, the process of establishing and settling with the four adjacent landowners for easements is governing the critical path for the progress.