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Mason County Public Works withdraws one culvert grant, advances design for another and prepares new striping equipment
Summary
Public Works proposed returning a RAP grant for a stalled Shelton Valley culvert project, seek design funding for Lynch Road culvert replacement, and described new in-house striping equipment, chip-seal prep and multiple culvert replacements.
Mason County Public Works told the Board of County Commissioners it will return a Rural Arterial Program (RAP) grant for the Shelton Valley Road culvert project because fisheries requirements and property-owner constraints have made the project impractical at present, and the county will instead pursue other higher-priority culvert work.
Mike, the public works presenter, said the Shelton Valley job was funded through RAP but fisheries wanted a larger structure and right-of-way impacts that would require moving adjacent driveways and other property changes. The county therefore plans to return roughly $500,000 in RAP funds for a project whose estimated construction would have been about $125,000. “It’s $500,000 for a $125,000 job,” Mike said, explaining the mismatch between grant size and local scope.
In the same briefing, Public Works asked the commission to create a Capital Repair Project (CRP) to design a replacement for the failing Lynch Road culvert at milepost 2.27. The department said it has about $180,000 available for preliminary engineering (PE) design funded through state resource agencies and the Recreation and Conservation Office; the design could evaluate shallow footings or deep pile foundations and a prefab superstructure for future construction funding.
Public Works also reported progress on striping and chip-seal preparations. County staff said the department acquired paint/beading equipment and plans to lay heavier pavement striping (targeting 15 mils) than recent contractors provided. Staff described in-house bead dispensing that follows wet paint and noted beads can be scratched off by traffic and snowplows. “We’re gonna do that on a couple of roads and see what we perceive it to be and look at it at nighttime and stuff, and then… make adjustments,” a public works speaker said.
Commissioners and staff also reviewed ongoing paving and culvert work around Timber Lakes, Matlock, Mallet Grama Road and other sites, reported recent successful bidding on Old Olympic Highway and described efforts to coordinate with state partners on crosswalk lighting at Pickering.
No formal vote on returning RAP money or creating the Lynch Road CRP appears in the transcript; staff said they planned to notify funding agencies and proceed with returning the Shelton Valley funds if approved by the board.
