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Residents tell commissioners culvert failure near Brentwood Village is undermining property; board will seek county engineer and ODOT review
Summary
Residents described a failing culvert system tied to County Road 32 that they say has created sinkholes and damaged property; commissioners said they will contact the county engineer and ODOT and report back.
Residents at the April 22 Lawrence County commissioners meeting raised a recurring drainage and culvert problem on County Road 32 that they said has eroded a catch basin and created sinkholes affecting private property and a church fellowship hall.
A resident who described the system said the culvert system ties several parcels, runs under County Road 32 toward Route 7, and has portions that have “sunk probably 8 feet by probably 70 feet,” allowing water and debris to eat out the bottom of a catch basin…
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