Board approves performance surety for County Road 200 West reconstruction in LEAP District

The Lebanon Board of Public Works and Safety on July 14 approved a performance surety to allow reconstruction of County Road 200 West across the frontage of the LEAP District development. The measure authorizes milestone contractor work to rebuild 200 West, add truck-friendly geometry at the Mount Zion Road intersection and pave a currently gravel leg of Mount Zion Road, city engineering staff told the board. The engineer described the project as shifting the road to the southwest to create a more perpendicular intersection to accommodate large trucks and to reduce repeated guardrail impacts near a sanitary ditch bridge. Construction will also include paving the portion of Mount Zion now gravel, the engineer said. The board approved a motion to accept the performance surety as presented. The transcript records two different surety figures: the engineering presentation referenced $2,069,100, while the motion referenced $259,100. The board vote was recorded as approval; a roll-call tally was not specified in the meeting record. Why this matters: the 200 West reconstruction is tied to large industrial development in the LEAP District and modifies local traffic geometry and access near an existing county bridge. The work will change who uses the route and how trucks turn into the business park. Details and context: engineering staff showed aerial imagery of the acute-angle intersection and explained a series of S-curves will shift 200 West to eliminate the difficult turn. The engineer said the project will create a perpendicular intersection and serve truck traffic into the business park. Discussion: board members asked whether a house or county bridge would be affected; staff said a small portion of existing 200 West will remain adjacent to a farmstead and may serve as a driveway, and that the county bridge is not on an immediate replacement schedule. Staff also said guardrail is repeatedly struck because of the existing acute angle. Next steps and limitations: documents associated with the performance surety were accepted and the mayor was authorized to sign as needed. The transcript does not specify a construction start date or contractor schedule for this specific segment beyond the approval of the surety. Ending: the board moved on to other right-of-way and development approvals after voting to accept the surety.