Town officials hailed the reopening of the Park Road bridge Tuesday morning, the completion of the seventh and final bridge replacement project here following the catastrophic flooding that hit the area more than seven months ago. Park Road has been closed since the historic Aug. 18 flooding event when torrential rains wreaked havoc on homes, roads, bridges, and culverts. Oxford was among the hardest hit towns in the area. Temple said he is confident the new bridge has been built to effectively survive a similar flood in the future. He said the previous bridge gave way during the flooding, and then later, in December, a Revolutionary War-era stone archway — that was beneath the bridge — also collapsed. Oxford town officials say the total cost for reconstruction of local roads will likely come in around $8 million, of which the town is hoping to receive about 70 percent reimbursement from the federal government’s FEMA program.
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