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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Repair it, remove it or pay the price.</p><p>A Luzerne County judge Monday ordered LAG Wrecking, Inc., to comply with an August 2014 state Department of Environmental Protection order concerning a deteriorating railroad bridge. Failure to comply will result in fines of $100 per day.</p><p>Judge Michael T. Vough&#8217;s order comes one month after the DEP filed a petitition in county court looking to compel the towing company to take action on the abandoned Coxton railroad bridge.</p><p>The bridge, which spans the Susquehanna River between Exeter Borough and Duryea, is in imminent danger of collapse, the DEP says, and such an event would create a danger to life or property.</p><p>The department claims further that LAG Wrecking failed to obtain a permit for the bridge, maintain it in a safe condition and notify the DEP the bridge had sustained structural damage.</p><p>Monday&#8217;s order provides LAG Wrecking 54 days to submit a permit application &#8220;proposing to remove or modify&#8221; the bridge. LAG will then have 180 days from the date the permit is issued to assure the bridge is structurally sound, or to remove the structure entirely, including the concrete and stone masonry supports and piers.</p><p>The timetable is in keeping with the schedule the DEP attempted to impose with its own order last year.</p><p>LAG appealed the order to the Environmental Hearing Board in September 2014. The board dismissed the appeal in May of this year, citing a board rule that a corporation must be represented by legal counsel.</p><p>&#8220;L.A.G. Wrecking&#8217;s failure to obtain counsel, its failure to abide by our rules and orders, and its disinterest in prosecuting its case compel us to dismiss this appeal,&#8221; the ruling said.</p><p>LAG did not appeal the board&#8217;s ruling.</p><p>Leo A. Glodzik III, doing business as LAG Wrecking, purchased the bridge from the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority in 2008 for $500.</p><p>He is serving a prison sentence for a theft charge that cost him the exclusive towing contract with the city of Wilkes-Barre. He faces weapons charges and federal bank fraud charges related to the Wilkes-Barre City Employees Federal Credit Union.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A judge on Monday ordered LAG Wrecking Inc. fix or demolish the abandoned Coxton railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River in compliance with a state DEP order from last year. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_bridge.jpg</photo0><caption0>A judge on Monday ordered LAG Wrecking Inc. fix or demolish the abandoned Coxton railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River in compliance with a state DEP order from last year. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_Leo-Glodzik-May-20151.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Glodzik </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_Leo-Glodzik-May-20151.jpg</photo1><caption1>Glodzik </caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By James O&#8217;Malley</p><p>jomalley@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach James O&#8217;Malley at 570-991-6390 or on Twitter @TL_omalley.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Judge orders LAG Wrecking take action on deteriorating bridge or face fines