Two old and often repaired McKean County bridges will have to hold up at least another year, county commissioners said last week.

Replacement of the Boyer Crossing and Galico Bridges is still in the planning stages, county commissioners said last week.

“We already have the money in place for those two bridges,” Commissioner Chairman Joe DeMott said. “Now, we are just waiting for the work to start.”

Commissioners received invoices of $1,314.50 for services rendered from Urban Engineers for review of plans for the Boyer Bridge and for $4,220.96 from Northwest Engineering for planning of the Galico Bridge.

Both bridges have severely restricted weight limits.

For the Galico Bridge, the former board of commissioners floated a $1.5 million bond issue to help with the replacement project, which has been listed on the county’s 12-Year Highway and Bridge Program through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

The former board also agreed to commit $120,000 of the county’s 2008 liquid fuel tax money to the Boyer Crossing project with more expected next year.

Chief Clerk Audrey Irons said in February that the county still had $322,291 left to allocate in the county’s liquid fuel account as of the end of 2007.

Earlier this year, officials announced the county is eligible to get state funding for maintenance and repair of county-owned bridges through Act 44 — the controversial legislation which calls for placing tolls along Interstate 80 and increasing toll fees along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The county is in line to receive $13,503.

In all, he county owns five bridges — in addition to Galico and Boyer Crossing, county-owned bridges are located along West Washington Street in the City of Bradford, Coleman Mills Bridge in Liberty Township and the Brooklynside Bridge in Port Allegany.

In other news, the commissioners announced they will soon be advertising for proposals for the use of the 2008 Title III funds from the federal government; using timber sales receipts from the Allegheny National Forest. The funding comes through the county to municipalities and school districts which encompass parts of the ANF, and can only be used for specified forest-related purposes, including search, rescue and emergency services, community service work camps, easement purchases, forest-related educational opportunities, fire prevention and county planning and community forestry.

Irons said Thursday that slightly more than $262,377 will be available to distribute this year.

In recent years the county has received $249,216 in 2004; $254,367 in 2005; $274,550 in 2006; and $281,549 in 2007. Irons said the county still has to pay out some funding from previous years; only one organization has received its full allotment in funds from last year.

Also, commissioners will advertise for bids for cleaning the front of the county courthouse. Commissioner Al Pingie said the work will include power washing the front of the building and pointing and fixing the stones and bricks, among other things.

Officials said the county’s Maintenance Supervisor Ken Bush has contacted a number of companies about submitting proposals for the work, but those proposals all came back at over $10,000, the level at which project must be put out for bid.

Bids were received for Internet access for county offices from Verizon and Zito Media; the bids  are being evaluated before action at the May 27 meeting.