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Council discusses clogged ditches, 66‑foot right‑of‑way and grant meeting with state water officials
Summary
Councilmembers and residents debated who is responsible for ditches and road right‑of‑way after multiple washouts; staff scheduled a meeting with the Department of Water Quality to explore emergency storm drainage funding and engineering help.
WALSBURG, Utah — The Wallsburg Town Council and residents spent the Sept. 5 meeting reviewing recurring storm‑drainage problems, disputed fills on road easements, and how the town should use potential grant funding to repair roadways and ditches ahead of spring runoff.
Councilmember Scott Larson and several residents described four problem areas where culverts and historic ditches have been filled in, creating repeated washouts and soft road sections. “There was a ditch system that gathered up all of the water in this town,” one resident said; council discussion traced how pressurized irrigation and yard improvements over time have removed historic open ditches and left nowhere for stormwater to collect.
Larson told the council he has…
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