Commissioners direct highway crew to excavate pit, install culvert at fairgrounds

Jul 6, 2026

The Perkins County Board instructed its highway superintendent and assistant to meet the fair board on site, identify a pit location, and have road department workers excavate a retention pit and install a culvert connecting to the ditch south of West 1st Street extension before the county fair.

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To address repeated runoff and recent storm damage at the Perkins County Fairgrounds, commissioners instructed Highway Superintendent Steve Leimer and Assistant Highway Superintendent Brian Brassfield to coordinate with fair board members and find a suitable pit site. Road department staff were assigned to excavate the pit and install a culvert to connect the pit to the ditch south of the county extension of West 1st Street on fairgrounds property.

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