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Johnson County surveyor asks municipalities to join $500,000 Youngs Creek watershed study
Summary
Johnson County surveyor Greg Cantwell told the Drainage Board the Youngs Creek watershed and adjacent subwatersheds need a formal study, estimated at $500,000, and the board voted to ask municipalities to meet and consider funding options.
Greg Cantwell, Johnson County surveyor, told the Johnson County Drainage Board on Aug. 5 that engineers have identified a set of unregulated subwatersheds feeding downtown Franklin that should be studied before any large reconstruction work begins.
Cantwell said combining four drainage areas — two already regulated and two that are not — would produce a study area of about 5,357 acres covering roughly 750 parcels and estimated the study cost at $500,000. "If you divide that by the 750, you're looking at $667 per parcel," Cantwell said.
The nut graf: Board members agreed the scale and cross‑jurisdictional nature of the problem mean municipalities need to participate…
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