Honey Run Covered Bridge is making another step towards recovery

The park where the Honey Run Covered Bridge resided is making progress to rise again – with the first phase of construction underway.

The park where the the honey run covered bridge resided is making progress to rise againã with the first phase of construction underway.

Action news now reporter christina vitale show us how crews are building the new care-takers home.

Me: it's a collaborative effort these panels were brought in by the reconstruction recovery advisors as the structural frame for the cottage.

Catalano: this is the first step towards us reopening the park is have the caretakers here have some place for the caretaker to live.

President of the honey run covered birdge association robert catalano says this project was a long time coming.

Catalano: and im just happy the fruits of our labor in the last year are actually showing up into something that people can see the cottage will be constructed from a pre- fabricated housing kit with about 40 panels.

Kelly conzelman/ceo managing director of rra builders: they come completely equipped ready to stand up and in three to four days this house is going to be completely in place.

Conzelman says the panelized construction process is very green, efficient and economical.

Conzelman: it's safer its faster it can be 24/ construction construction that started with students in the chico state university construction management program who are hands on laying the foundation and floor framing for the cottage.

Patrick brittle/faculty member for csu chico construction management program: we have a wide range of skill sets we have some that have never built anything in their life and then we have others using their family business and they love it so they aren't getting paid they're volunteering and doing it out of the goodness of their heart.

Nats standup: the cottage is going to be a one story two bedroom home with a living room bathroom kitchen and even a deck overlooking butte creek.

The project is funded mostly by an 80 thousand dollar grant from the small business administration& but the labor is all locally based.

Brittle: we've had company's that have really jumped at the chance to come out and help for free so its been awesome.

Catalano: this is a community project that shows we are resilient and we will rebuild and we are resilient and we wont forget who we were cause the bridge will be part of our history and people will have something to come home to when they do come home.

Me: organizers say they hope to full complete the cottage by the end of april reporting near honey run road christina vitale action news now coverage you can count on catalano told action news now the association hopes to have the floor across catalano told action news now the association hopes to have the floor across the new honey run covered bridge laid down by october of this year.## two kids remain