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Page County engineer details road, bridge and maintenance work; detours planned on J-64
Summary
Page County Engineer JD King reported ongoing pipe replacement, bridge approach work and guardrail upgrades across several county roads, and said detours on J-64 are expected when crews start work later this week or next week.
JD King, Page County engineer, gave the board an update on the county’s road and bridge work, saying crews are engaged in pipe replacement, bridge approach reconstruction and guardrail upgrades across multiple routes.
King told the board that pipe crews were working “down on T Avenue south of Browns Auto” and that crews would return to pipe replacement work after completing a larger pipe section. He reported routine shop maintenance — including tire work — and said Truck Tractor 24 is scheduled for service this week. King also described equipment changes, including forestry-attachment work for a skid steer and a new disk-mounted forestry head that will be tested on county roads.
The county is continuing work on the North Essex Bridge and placed the west approach on a nearby bridge on J-64. King said the county plans to remove a historic head-tip approach and replace it; crews also made temporary patches while in the area. Work on three bridges on J-64 west, between the Cali line and Hackberry, is tied to a guardrail upgrade project. King said a detour has been posted that routes traffic up 59 across G-52 and back down on Jack Berry for drivers traveling through the work zone. He said the detour work “was supposed to start yesterday” and might begin Wednesday or next Monday depending on logistics.
King also noted complementary patch work completed where contractors were available and that a PCC (Portland cement concrete) batch crew was operating on county roads. He said some vendor selections for seasonal control work include Efron and DNV Forms, which he described as local providers; the board will be able to select from the listed vendors.
Why it matters: the projects affect local travel and access on J-64 and nearby roads and will require drivers to follow posted detours while crews replace approaches and upgrade guardrail. King fielded no extended public comment on these items before the board moved on to separate agenda matters.
King said lead times on equipment and parts remain long, which influences maintenance scheduling and equipment purchases.
Questions from the board moved the meeting on to other agenda items.
