The Franklin County Board of Supervisors approved a short road closure for repairs and heard updates from public-works staff about ongoing county projects during the July 1 meeting.

Supervisors voted to approve the closure of 1 Thirtieth between Yarrow Avenue and Franklin Avenue on July 1 at 11:30 a.m. to allow Culler Construction to replace two deteriorated pipes. The motion to approve the closure was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.

County public-works staff reported that paint-striping crews would be in the north half of the county this week and that stop bars and railroad markings have been completed. “The paint stripers are coming in this week. They'll be doing the north half. They got the stop bars done,” the county engineer reported to the board during the department update.

Staff said graders arrived on June 30 and that crews are scheduled to complete clean-and-fill projects and install two culverts on planned roads if weather permits. The department noted that paint striping is a roughly $100,000 project and that equipment purchases such as graders are significant line items in the county budget.

Separately, staff briefed the board on pending state DOT work that will require local agreements. The DOT proposed a bridge closure between Rockwell and Sheffield with an estimated 90-day full closure window; the county would receive road-use tax payments (staff cited an example figure of about $5,600) for the closure period and is preparing the item for a future agenda.

Public-works staff also reported correspondence from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers indicating the county may need to acquire stream-/river-bank mitigation credits for a proposed bridge project. Staff said they had submitted additional information to the Corps and were awaiting further guidance on permit requirements.

Other items included discussion of a potential closure of the railroad overpass to Beeds Lake for a future project, detour-route impacts to travelers to Waverly and Waterloo and routine equipment staging. No additional emergency road closures were authorized at the July 1 meeting beyond the approved pipe-repair closure.

Board members directed staff to return with more detailed cost estimates and a proposed agreement with the DOT for any long-duration closures and to continue to report project progress at future meetings.