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The Response to Question 15 The project will replace an existing old single lane wooden bridge that is without a safe engineered weight load. The current bridge is supported by 15 piles located in the center of the KRD canal which causes possibilities of blocking the canal. The new bridge will serve about 100 existing and approved parcels and create a loop from Nelson Siding Road to the Westside Side Road thereby access safe access for these parcels for life safety issues. (a) The placement and construction cost of the Bridge is estimated to be approximately $200,000 ongoing operation and maintenance costs are estimated to be $2,500.00 per year. (b) Because of the physical location of the existing bridge, the existing roads, right of ways, established easements and the location of the parcels accessed by these established ways there is no other alternative available that can serve these parcels and provide for fire/life/safety requirements. (c) The expected public benefits for the construction of this bridge is that it will upgrade the current bridge to a point where it can provide safe access for the land that it serves and provide for access for fire/life/safety issues. The Response to Question 16 Currently there exists limited access to the parcels that this new Replacement Bridge will serve. The Replacement Bridge will allow residents and recreation users of the property served by the bridge to freely and safely access their property and recreation area and in case of fire or other emergency allow heavy emergency equipment a rout to this area while simultaneously allowing residents and recreation users of the property safe access out of the area. Kittitas County has zoned this area Rural Recreation with the uses and parcels of land serviced by this bridge being approved by Kittitas County as meeting the rural requirements of the Growth Management Act of the state of Washington.