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Lucas County commissioners approve findings to advance Big Coulee Ditch improvement petition
Summary
Commissioners approved findings to advance Petition No. 1095 for the Big Coulee Ditch Improvement in Jerusalem Township, opening the design process for a 1.2-mile riparian renovation funded by a $913,000 H2Ohio grant; the hearing included a landowner concern about lake backflow and questions about compensation and future maintenance assessments.
The Lucas County Board of Commissioners on a county agenda vote approved findings to advance Petition No. 1095 for improvements to the Big Coulee Ditch in Jerusalem Township, directing the county engineer to conduct surveys, prepare plans, maps and profiles, and calculate estimated assessments to support design work.
Engineer Panuski told commissioners this was the first hearing to "establish purpose and need" and to determine whether the project meets the face‑of‑it requirements to proceed with design. He said the proposal is a riparian renovation of about 1.2 miles of ditch and that construction would be paid with an H2Ohio grant of $913,000. "Essentially, it's to clean and essentially do a riparian renovation…
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