Eagle Point City Council hear proposal on potential new footbridge

by Wayne Lee – Reporter/Photographer

The Eagle Point City Council held their regular meeting July 14 which began with a presentation supporting the construction of a suspension bridge near the Butte Creek Mill that would cross Little Butte Creek and would connect near the existing Little Butte Creek Park.

Bob Russell led off the presentation on the original suspension bridge which existed from 1890 to 1930 and crossed Little Butte Creek from the mill to…