BOISE, Idaho — ACHD held a special Commission meeting to discuss the Eckert Road Bridge in Boise. The committee was informed on Friday of moderate to severe decay in 22 of the bridge's 48 pillars, impacting the bridge's load capacity. The decision was unanimous to immediately close the bridge for the time being to ensure public safety.
"If we're closing this, I think we need to treat it with the same kind of urgency that we did the Cloverdale Bridge," said Commissioner Kent Goldthorpe. "Any money that we have projected to begin another project somewhere else that we're not already undergoing, if we have to stop that and defer them and move money around to get this done, that needs to happen immediately."
"I just want to commend our staff for getting us together so quickly and responding as effectively and efficiently as possible," added Commissioner Alexis Pickering.
ACHD held a public press conference at 3 p.m. on Friday to give more information on the future of the bridge. This is a developing story and we will continue to update here as more information becomes available.
