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County, consultant and emergency responders push to fix 170+ addressing errors for 911 reliability
Summary
Wasatch Civil presented a countywide readdressing plan that identified roughly 170 major addressing errors; county staff and emergency services discussed a project to realign addresses to an origin grid, update OpenStreetMap/Apple/Google datasets and a parcel fabric for improved 911 response.
Morgan County planners, emergency services and a consultant told commissioners that a countywide addressing cleanup is needed to correct roughly 170 major addressing errors that currently hinder 911 response and public services.
Nut graf: Wasatch Civil explained at the meeting how the county’s numbering system is tied to an origin point in Morgan City and the Public Land Survey System; the consultant demonstrated examples where parcel addresses “jump” hundreds of address points from one house to the next. County staff and emergency responders said those inconsistencies cause repeated 911 navigation issues and confusion for mapping services used by first responders.
What county officials heard: Thomas Good of Wasatch Civil explained the methodology used to detect and recalculate address numbers so they consistently increase away from the…
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