Status of Fairfax’s Meadow Way
Bridge Replacement Project
June 4, 2025
Presented by:
Nader Tamannaie, PE, MGE Engineering, Inc.
Fairfax’s Four Federally Funded
Bridge Projects
Meadow Way Bridge, Structurally Deficient
(SD) – Replace
Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program
(BPMP) for Bridges on Canyon Road,
Spruce Road and Marin Road
Creek Road Bridge, Seismically Vulnerable
– Retrofit
Azalea Avenue Bridge, SD - Replace
The First of Town’s 4 Bridge Projects
Presenting Meadow Way Bridge
Will present the other three projects
separately tonight
General Phases of Federal Projects
Preliminary Engineering (PE): Preliminary
design and environmental studies
Right-of-Way (ROW): ROW engineering
and acquisitions, Utilities and Final Design
Construction (CON)
Funds for each phase applied for
separately
CEQA is required also but funded locally
(Fairfax)
Meadow Way Bridge
PE funds applied for in 2010, 88.57% federal
funding. Project started in 2013
In contract with Caltrans, if local agency walks
away from a project, all funds would have to
be refunded to fed
NEPA cleared in 2019, CEQA in 2020
ROW (current phase) & CON 100% funded
Current Federal Amendment of $1,061,666
$218,840 Fairfax match
Meadow Way Bridge - Continued
Eminent Domain for 2 properties, temporary &
permanent easements, 5 properties
Five utility entities run 6 utilities through the site Agreements with five utility owners in Q3, 2025
Last neighborhood meeting before CON in
Q4, 2025
Regulatory Permits Applications in Q3 2025
CON projected for FFY 26/27 (Begin Spring of
2026)
Questions