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lvngstndm t1_jeey2e6 wrote

I'm a civil design professional with experience in pedestrian infrastructure and public infrastructure grant funding - this bridge was a childhood hotspot of mine and I'm very interested in this project.

OP - Do you know What organizations/companies are specifically tasked with this project? I know URA owns the site, do you have any info on state/local organizations who will be involved?

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LostEnroute t1_jef50va wrote

>I know URA owns the site,

Where did you read this?

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lvngstndm t1_jef91wu wrote

May be wrong on this- I remember there being a sign on the fencing by the bridge but I may have mixed up URA with RAAC.

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LostEnroute t1_jefaxh9 wrote

I don't think the URA does anything outside of the City, that's why I doubted it.

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Kyle_From_Pitt t1_jefiayr wrote

I’m fairly certain RIDC owns it

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dfiler t1_jefxwrp wrote

There is an RIDC development in Rankin. RAAC owns the bridge and much of the other land. Rivers of steels owns Carrie Furnace in swissvale (or at least they did).

Normally, property lines and ownership can be seen on the county GIS website:
https://openac-alcogis.opendata.arcgis.com/apps/b4b1dbb65b4943538425bb5ae0f8f62b/explore

But for some reason, many of the nearby parcels are missing data right now. Perhaps they changed hands recently.

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tesla3by3 t1_jef8fzv wrote

The Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County owns most of the land on the Swissvale/rankin side. Some is railroad right of way as well

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Cooch98 OP t1_jefn7w4 wrote

RAAC/ACED Owns the bridge and Carrie Furnace site. Mackin Engineering is the company that will be doing the designs and construction. As for the consulting parties that includes: SHPO, RIDC, Rivers of Steel, friends of the riverfront, and a few more I can’t remember off the top of my head. So far we have $6 million in funding but it’s estimated it’s gonna take about $10 million.

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Maumee-Issues t1_jeftjr7 wrote

The city of pittsburgh had like a 50m dollar surplus last year if I'm not wrong. Maybe they could get some sort of politics thing for some cash.

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LostEnroute t1_jefw2xg wrote

The City of Pittsburgh has nothing to do with this project, it's not part of the City.

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Maumee-Issues t1_jegiy7r wrote

I know, why I was thinking some sort of political deal between parties seeking funding could be made. Not that's it's likely to happen or be possible.

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Maumee-Issues t1_jegj7ao wrote

I hate tax money sitting unused if there's no reason to save up (if there is a reason let me know)

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Maumee-Issues t1_jegj4lt wrote

Also I have no idea what it'd look! I just was casually reading the city budget to see how pittsburgh money is spent when I saw this post.

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Cooch98 OP t1_jefunt9 wrote

Getting Funding for any project is crazy complicated as far as I have seen (only been here for 6 weeks) I know 3 million is coming from federal Covid Relief funding.

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