I go to river city vet on broad across the street from target and have had a great experience. They’ll give you a quote over the phone; most vets probably will if you ask

I work with them. They have to fight to get funding.

River run animal hospital

That would get things moving quickly.

I wish I had. They won’t cover pre existing conditions which are now established/diagnosed. :(

+1 for Varina vet, all our cats have been going there for about five years now. We have one with FIV and one with neuro/mobility issues and they’ve always been amazing and provided great care at affordable prices.

Maybe look into pet insurance, trupanion or pets Best are pretty good

Jones Veterinary are great, and every time I'm in there I tell them they need to raise their prices. :)

I like the service and staff at Bon Air Animal Hospital. I feel like the prices are fairly average overall. A friend of mine just got a quote for a surgery for his dog for 1,000. Other vets he talked to were saying 2-3000.

I love that the city redacted this stuff like they're the fucking CIA give me a break.

Your estimate for a 5+ year process is most likely. These types of projects are very slow moving, especially when they aren’t politically charged.

Hahahaahaaa. Where did you get that info?

There are offices with enough budge for salary.

My gut reaction was to downvote this. Not because it’s false, but because I hate that it’s true

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Varina Vet

I don't anticipate this bridge being repaired and/or reopened in the next 3 years.

Because, I've recently posted on here how another city of Richmond infrastructure project (Jahnke Road Improvement Project) has been delayed for 4+ years and the publicly posted reason has been "ongoing construction scheduling coordination with the railroad company". And, this project is fully federally funded but still it is being delayed so much.

If the city doesn't immediately have the funding for the full replacement, then there could be a 5+ year process of city leaders addressing it with urgency, soliciting design proposals from qualified architectural/engineering firms, going through the paces of the public bid and procurement process, and finally planning and completing the construction.

If its closed for pedestrians shouldn't the tracks below it also be closed to trains?

Is it normal to redact something like that? It seem very odd. Are they afraid the terrorist will take out the bridge? It sort of needs to happen anyway and would save the city money

Listen. I'm not threatening the city gov or anything, but I need to go down there because where else can I see naked people drinking and smoking weed all summer? I need my fix

Wait, what about that property tax surplus??? Oh right, it's going to RPD..

Me too - I mean so many black redactions!

I just wonder the logistics of replacing that thing. They make those bridges prefab so you can just drop them on the supports, and they can’t be that expensive compared to other big projects. But there’s no road down to it, it’s going to have to come in by rail and get lifted up. There’s a company in town called Cranemasters which specializes in just that, but it’d take coordination with the railway and a lot of planning.

TYPICAL.

I’m a bit taken aback by the extent of the redactions in the released version of the report. Almost nothing significant is disclosed about either the deficiencies OR the proposed corrective actions.

Because of the CSX ROW and the need to maintain strict grade separation for public safety, there’s not going to be a cheap solution but it appears the abutments and piers are in acceptable condition. You would think that with all the $$$ sloshing around RVA some friends of the park system would offer funding solutions IF the public could understand what the options are. Like a new spans on existing substructures.

City is going to drag its feet for ages and next summer someone is gonna get hurt crossing tracks and canal.

The parks department has the lowest operating budget of all city departments and has to fight for any extra to make improvements. They are trying their best with the funds they have. Edit: should have said very low budget not lowest. Incorrect info.