Officials planned to close public access around the creek crossing because of potentially deadly structural damage to the span.
A concrete bridge in downtown San Anselmo upon which a heavily used public plaza has been located is unsafe and requires immediate repairs, Marin County public works officials said.
On Thursday, county Public Works Director Rosemarie Gaglione said, “We’re planning on closing off the bridge in an abundance of caution.” “It’s become a gathering place, very much like Grand Central Station in New York City,” Colbert said. “You see people reading, working, just hanging out. It is in use from sun up to sun down.”
At a meeting on July 19, Liz Lewis, water resources manager for the Marin County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, briefed county supervisors on the monkey wrench that the FEMA edict had thrown into the flood control plan. Lewis did add, however, that if a decision was made to leave the bridge in place, liability for the bridge would be transferred back to San Anselmo. The county flood district purchased the structure for $1.75 million in 2018 as part of the flood control project.
Her department did not supply copies of the initial reports submitted by Martin/Martin and MGE Engineering. Instead, on Sept. 12, it shared a second report submitted by MGE Engineering on Sept. 9 and another evaluation submitted by Martin/Martin on Sept. 12. Watkins reported on Sept. 12 that “substantial horizontal cracking of the center wall had occurred since the previous repair projects were completed.”
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