Resolution 2005-141
RESOLUTION 05- 141
RESOLUTION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS URGING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO REPAIR THE
SS JUDGE JOLLEY BRIDGE
WHEREAS, the SS Judge Jolley Bridge on SR 951 is the primary link between mainland
Collier County and Marco Island and is essential for the health, safety, and economic well-being
of residents and visitors; and
WHEREAS, the SS Judge Jolley Bridge was built in 1969 with a design capacity to carry
10,000 vehicles per day, while current annual traffic volumes exceed 30,000 vehicles per day;
and
WHEREAS, a Value Engineering Study was undertaken in August 2004 by Florida
Department of Transportation (FOOT) team members and facilitated by Ventry Engineering,
L.L.C.; and
WHEREAS, the latest FOOT bridge inspection report identified some maintenance
repairs that need to take place including scouring around the piers as well as several locations
experiencing reinforcing steel corrosion; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners" that the Florida Department of Transportation is respee;tfully requested to
prepare specifications to correct the scour problem and to install a cathodic protection system to
arrest the corrosion problem and to develop a schedule of these improvements to be shared with
the County and City of Marco Island along with an ongoing maintenance program to optimize the
maximum useful life of the Bridge.
Passed in open and regular session of the Collier County Board of County Commissioners,
this 12th day of April, 2005.
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COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By:
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Fred W. Coyle, Chairman