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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorizing the County to accept ownership, from abutment to abutment, of two (2) bridges to be constructed as part of two (2) overpasses to be designed and built in the Cities of Duquesne and McKeesport.
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Whereas, the County and the Cities of Duquesne and McKeesport (collectively, the “Cities”) have entered into agreements concerning the design and construction of two (2) overpasses to be located in the Cities; and
Whereas, one of the overpasses shall be erected in the City of Duquesne over rail lines owned by the Norfolk Southern Railroad at Center Avenue and Duquesne Boulevard (hereinafter the “Duquesne Project”); and
Whereas, the second overpass shall be erected in the City of McKeesport over rail lines owned by the CSX and Union Railroads at Coursin Street and Lysle Boulevard (hereinafter the “McKeesport Project”); and
Whereas, the agreements between the County and the Cities provide, among other things, that the respective City shall be the owner of the Project, with the exception of the bridge structure from abutment to abutment, which shall be owned by the County; and
Whereas, the agreements between the County and the Cities further provide that the County will perform required NBIS bridge inspections and that the respective City shall perform snow and ice removal and daily maintenance for the life of the bridge structure; and
Whereas, Article IV, §2(j) of the County's Home Rule Charter provides that the County can accept grants, gifts and donations of real and personal property by enacting an ordinance; and
Whereas, Section 5-703.05 of the County's Administrative Code provides that County Council may accept a bridge donated by a municipality by enacting an ordinance; and
Whereas, County Council is of the considered opinion that the County's acceptance of the ownership of the bridge structures to be erected as part of the Duquesne Proj...
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