Salem awarded $66,148.66 in Community Preservation Act funds toward repairing the Volunteers Bridge in 2022, but the grant relied on volunteer labor like the 1997 build. The volunteer force could not be assembled, the funds returned to the CPA pool, and the work has not been done. Sign the petition asking the City to fund a real, professional repair.
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