The Santa Maria Bridge Project is soon to be ready to go. St. Matthew’s continues to be involved in the effort to complete the bridge in Santa Maria, El Salvador, that will allow the small, poor community that is home to the congregation of Amor y Paz access to basic services in the larger community of Santa Maria. A group of engineering students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison visited the area from March 26–April 4 to set up local contacts, fine-tune the design and set up the final design and implementation process.
The following is part of the schedule for the El Salvador Mission Trip, Day 5, when the group met to discuss the bridge, then visited it.
Day 5 - Monday, Jan. 11:
- Met with the Mayor's office officials (Mayor gone to San Salvador)
- Had a very productive meeting where we were able to discern possible forward progress on the bridges.
- Norm Doll came along from the UW Engineers without Borders organization. They will be the ones handling any type of projects. He was very enthusiastic of further projects.
- We also had David and Nancy Slinde with us who are Milwaukee natives now living in El Salvador and soon in the Santa Maria area.
They attended the meeting and will soon be able to continue following up with the community. They will be a wonderful on the ground contact for having eyes and ears in the area.
- We were even interviewed about the future projects and our interest by a local television station.
Photos of the 2009 Mission Trip visit to the Bridge are on Page 1 of this album [here].
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The Santa Maria Bridge Project is soon to be ready to go. St. Matthew’s continues to be involved in the effort to complete the bridge in Santa Maria, El Salvador, that will allow the small, poor community that is home to the congregation of Amor y Paz access to basic services in the larger community of Santa Maria. A group of engineering students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison visited the area from March 26–April 4 to set up local contacts, fine-tune the design and set up the final design and implementation process. 
