During the lone December Fort Worth City Council meeting, the board approved a contract with Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc. for $872,726.50 for nine rehabilitation projects throughout town.

Two of those projects are bridges in northeast Fort Worth that need to be repaired.

The details

According to city documents, the bridge work is from the Pay-go Contract Street Maintenance Program for fiscal year 2024-25.

Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc., a Grand Prairie-based business, had the lowest bid of the five submitted bids and an estimated completion time of 180 days.

Work is expected to start in January and be completed in July. The construction will extend the life and safety of the bridges, according to city documents.

The repair locations are:

• A bridge on Westport Parkway over Henrietta Creek in District 10
• A bridge on North Tarrant Parkway over the tributary of Whites Branch in District 4

What else?

Funding is budgeted in the General Capital Projects Fund for the Transportation and Public Works Department, according to city documents.