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pispc-cm, CouNA CIL kLL it, DR.2. COMM. C t COUNTY OF HAWAII—BRIDGE PROGRAM 1)-DPW owns and administers and maintains 128 bridges throughout the island. FHWA and State DOT mandates the inspection of said bridges and bridge report submittal describing the inspection findings and necessary repairs, if needed.The mandated bridge reports submittals are required at least once every 2 years for every CoH bridge. All bridge inspection and preparation of bridge reports for submittal to the State DOT and FHWA are done in-house by DPW engineers. 2) If the bridge reports are not submitted on a timely basis and/or deficient or incomplete,the FHWA threatens to withhold all federal funding to the County for road construction and bridge repairs. For example; the FHWA recently threatened to withhold funding for all FHWA funded road and bridge projects in the entire state if the CoH did not close the Hakalau Bridge, which has suffered severe foundation erosion,as ordered by FHWA. 3)During the bridge inspection,if any structural element is in disrepair or deterioration is evident,then it must be so reported in the bridge report.Additionally, repairs or replacement of the identified distressed structural component must be addressed in a.timely manner. The CoH owns over 40 timber bridges, predominantly in the North Hilo and Hamakua Districts wheremoisture in the timber members tend to accelerate its deterioration and frequent replacement is necessary. Routine timber member replacements are done by DPW's Highway Maintenance and Building Shop repair crews.The more complicated repairs are bidded out to private construction contractors, but only after SPG(Cres) has. prepared the bid documents(construction plans and specifications): 4) By comparison, all bridge inspection and report preparation by the City&County of Honolulu is done by private engineering consultants:The C&C issues contracts for approximately 150 bridges annually at a cost of roughly$600,000,which is budgeted by the C&C of Honolulu. As noted earlier,CoH DPW(SPG) staff engineers(both of whom are FHWA trained and certified bridge inspectors)inspects and report preparation, all in-house.A savings to the CoH of at least$240,000 per year. t, 5)Thedemands of Bridge Program workload requires additional staffing for the tasks it is responsir for,as noted above. t Ln Submitted by: Frank DeMarco, Public Works Director c) Comm: No. . 5— est-bridge est-bridge—workload-assist Ref.log P Cot^ Ref.