The city contracts every year with a consultant engineering firm to conduct safety inspections. By Sabine Hirschauer | 247-4536 NEWPORT NEWS - — This week a city contractor is scheduled to start with the about $850,000 in repair work on 10 bridges citywide. Residents may have to endure a few traffic headaches here and there, but the repair work will mostly affect traffic during off-peak hours, city officials said. The recent inspections and now the repairs are not part of the ripple effect caused by the collapse of the Mississippi River bridge in Minneapolis last year that sparked a nationwide bridge inspection blitz. "It would be irresponsible if we would not routinely inspect our bridges," said Everett Skipper, director of the city's engineering department. "We don't believe any of these bridges are unsafe short term, but...
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