ROCK FALLS – The city wants people to know it did contribute to the First Avenue Bridge reconstruction project.

At its meeting Tuesday night, Electric Department Director Dick Simon said Rock Falls paid $205,519 to replace its fiber optics along the bridge.

“When the bridge was rebuilt, we had to pull all of our existing fiber, which cannot be reused after it’s pulled, and we had to, at our expense, put all new fiber across the bridge,” City Administrator Robbin Blackert said after the meeting. “We also had to pay for the conduit, the materials, the labor, everything. It’s an expensive proposition.”