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Stoddard County Presiding Commissioner, Greg Mathis, shown talking with Doug Siler of the Duck Creek Township Board and Bill Robison, representing S. H. Smith & Company of Poplar Bluff, prior to the Commission's, Monday meeting.

The commission was meeting with the board members of Stoddard Counties Township and Special road districts, to explain the recent purchase of $650,000 of soft-match money to be used for the replacement of deficient bridges in Stoddard County.

Stoddard County recently traded with Greene County, $350,000 in cash for $650,000 in soft match credit, which is used for Stoddard Counties 20% match in qualified bridge replacement projects. The remaining 80% is funded thru the Federal BRO-Bridge fund, of which Stoddard County has 1.8 million dollars ready to be used.

Stoddard County currently has four bridge projects underway and are hoping to program an additional six in the very near future. According to Presiding Commissioner Greg Mathis, there is not another county in the state of Missouri that has more than two bridge projects underway.