Mentz town officials hope to have recommendations for the future of the Haiti Island bridge by the end of the day Wednesday.

The state Department of Transportation completed its review of the closed structure that links about 60 Seneca River island residents to the mainland on Tuesday. A town engineer was reviewing the numbers and set to make recommendations for reopening the bridge on a limited basis Wednesday morning.

"There probably won't be vehicular traffic for some time," Mentz Town Supervisor Jack O'Neil said. "We'd like to open it up to ATVs and the like."

A portion of an unused bridge breached in 1990 collapsed into the river late Friday night. A Bailey bridge in use for the past 17 years was closed Saturday as a precaution.

Island resident Betty Ranger said trading in four wheels for two feet was beginning to take its toll on the community Tuesday night. Some residents need to walk miles to reach the bridge and their autos on the other side, where Haiti Road meets Route 38.

"Right now we're feeling very stressed," Ranger said. "We're basically trying to cope with getting supplies over."

Water and fuel are the most crucial commodities on the island. O'Neil said he hopes opening the bridge to ATVs will make transporting someone easier while the town works on getting some funding to replace the bridge, a project with a rough price tag of $2 million.

The Cayuga County Emergency Management Office has emergency plans for fire and EMS services in effect on the island.