County advertises contract for Camino Del Rey bridge maintenance

San Diego County will be issuing a contract for preventative maintenance on 14 bridges including two Camino Del Rey bridges.

The county Board of Supervisors voted 5-0, Wednesday, March 3, to authorize the advertisement for bid and subsequent award of a preventative maintenance contract. The bridges are eligible for Highway Bridge Program funding provided by the Federal Highway Administration, and the supervisors’ action also appropriated $2,655,900 of that federal funding for the maintenance work.

Because the maintenance of existing bridges is unlikely to expand use, the county supervisors als...