Rehabilitation of bridge on Road 40E over Brokenhead River

UPDATE: In February of 2017 the RM of St. Clements received a grant of $210,00 to rehabilitate this bridge. It is 50-50 matching grant, so the RM and the province each pay half. The work to rehabilitate the bridge was completed in 2016.
Estimated cost: $420,000
Grant request: 50% of total cost

A routine bridge inspection in the RM of St. Clements this spring resulted in the immediate closure of a bridge crossing the Brokenhead River located at mile Road 40E in the east central portion of the municipality. This bridge is an important link not only for farmers in St. Clements but for farmers in Eastern Manitoba too. The bridge closure has a significant impact on Greenwald Colony, costing time and money. Another issue that has come to light is that farmers have been regularly exceeding the load limit of the bridge.

The bridge was inspected by Stantec Consulting in April of 2016. The RM has decided to rehabilitate the bridge which will extend the life of the bridge by about thirty years, as opposed to complete replacement which would cost over $2.7 million.