Fretz Road Bridge Replacement over Skippack Creek


Fretz Road Bridge Replacement over Skippack Creek

Fretz Road Bridge Replacement over Skippack Creek

This project included the replacement of a three-span bridge over Skippack Creek with a single span structure.  N&W services included preliminary engineering and final design consisting of Level 2 CE, wetland studies, threatened and endangered species, streams and waterways, other environmental clearance/designation activities, waterway permits, NPDES permits, public involvement, surveys, PGER, ROW activities, drilling inspection, compilation of the Structure Foundation Report, and laboratory testing.  N&W evaluated and reported that the stream water surface elevation could not rise (either upstream or downstream) due to the proposed project. Through the firm’s guidance on this issue, we were able to maintain the project at the scoped GP-11 permit level, rather than elevating it to a more complicate and expensive Joint Permit Application saving approximately four months of permit review time.