The on-off demolition of the Bellaire Bridge will now be charged to Eric Kelly’s team.
In a curious turn of events, the on-off Bellaire Bridge demolition project at last seems closer to a satisfactory conclusion…well, satisfactory for everyone except Delta Demolition.
We reported yesterday morning that the company was in discussion with city officials and the local Coast Guard and that a demolition plan was imminent. By yesterday evening, however, the local Coast Guard was admitting that discussions had taken place but that any talk of a demolition plan was premature.
And then, just when locals thought that they’d have to stare at the rusting hulk for even longer, in comes the news that Eric Kelly and the Advanced Explosive Demolition team has actually purchased the privately-owned bridge and will start demolition work almost immediately.
Kelly says it will take two weeks to get the deck off before the implosion work begins. He will implode the West Tower first and then move to the East span.
