Walnut Street Bridge at "Critical Zero" rating

According to an article published in the Intelligencer on 8/5/14:

Perkasie council revealed Monday night it was urgently seeking the county to repair the Walnut Street Bridge, after Councilman Matt Aigeldinger brought the issue up by saying he had seen the damage to the bridge.

“It’s got a pretty substantial crack that’s opened up on the pedestrian side of the bridge,” Aigeldinger said. “Also, there’s a crack that goes across the road, and three other ones.”

Borough engineer Doug Rossino said the bridge received a 0 out of 100 rating by inspectors in July, triggering a “critical zero” rating and prompting state agencies to send a letter to Bucks County requiring a response within a week about what action it would take.

The county response is required this week, Rossino said. Borough manager Andrea Coaxum added she had sent a letter to the county and spoke to the county’s Director of Operations Gerald Anderson.

“We sent a letter ... about the condition of the bridge and how important it is that we keep the bridge open for emergency services,” Coaxum said.

Council said the bridge is not scheduled to be replaced until 2018, and added that a worst case scenario would shut down the bridge for safety concerns. The Main Street Bridge is also scheduled for replacement in 2018, council members said, adding that a simultaneous closure would have a detrimental effect.

“It would cripple the entire area, not just for emergency services, but businesses and residents in the area,” Coaxum said.

Council Vice President Jim Purcell said he did not believe the repairs would be overly extensive, but that the borough could not fix it without opening itself up to liability.

“It can be fixed fairly easily,” Purcell said. “But we’re not going to touch it because that’s not our responsibility.”

Council members said they had also reached out to local representatives, and urged residents to do the same.

“Residents should please, send an e-mail to their state representative and contact the county commissioners,” said Councilman Justin Stottlar.

Question: if, according to VP Purcell it can be fixed fairly easy- then why hasn't the county started repairs?  Why has the borough waited until it reached a zero rating out of 100 to publicly address this?  Why has the Perkasie Pride majority faction on council failed to address this?  Were they so content being cuddled up with ousted manager Dan Olpere that they failed to see it?  Whose responsibility was it to see that it didn't get this far?

Residents are encouraged to not only call the county and state representatives- but also call President Ryder, VP Purcell, and Perkasie Pride ringleader Matt Aigeldinger and ask them why they failed to address this until now?