Rock Island Bridge misses September opening, delayed yet again

The opening of the Rock Island Bridge has been pushed back yet again.

While developers were optimistic it would open Sept. 2, that date came and went.

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“There have been a variety of factors that have contributed to the delay of the Rock Island Bridge, but a significant delay is attributed to the remobilization of the general contractor (& subcontractors) taking several weeks longer than planned,” said Chelsea Chism, economic development director of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

In March, Chism told KSHB 41’s Megan Abundis the project is the “first of its kind in the nation.”…

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