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City manager: Rock Pillar washout could cost about $1 million; lake level, transformer timeline discussed

5760354 · May 14, 2025
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The Bowie City Manager reported on significant rainfall damage, including a Rock Pillar intersection washout with a preliminary repair estimate of about $1 million, elevated Amon Carter Lake levels, and upcoming engineering and financing steps for street and utility projects.

The City Manager told the Bowie City Council on April 22 that heavy rain had caused a washout at Rock Pillar and left potholes and a sinkhole in town. "We must figure out how to pay for the new coverage of Rock Impeller first," the City Manager said, adding that "we already have a preliminary estimate, from last year, to be around a million dollars."

The manager reported crews have been filling potholes and that a repair at one sinkhole was completed the previous day. He said the city is…

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