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Commissioners OK study of log-jam-prone bridge on County Road 125 after repeated flooding
Summary
Adams County commissioners agreed to solicit proposals for a feasibility and economic study of a low-lying bridge and short stretch of County Road 125 after repeated log jams and flooding disrupted travel and raised safety concerns for local residents, including a large Amish population that relies on the crossing.
Adams County commissioners agreed on Tuesday to solicit consultant proposals to study long-term options for a low-lying bridge and a short quarter-mile section of County Road 125 that regularly collects debris and floods.
The decision followed a report by Nate, a highway department staff member, who told the commissioners the most recent rainstorms brought three to four inches of rain and produced an even larger log jam than earlier in the spring. He said a contractor had removed the newest material and piled it on the embankment south of the bridge but that the location…
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