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Brandon Pond Road reopened after major drainage rebuild; county says FEMA will cover most costs
Summary
County engineers reported the rebuilt double-barrel box culvert and road reopened Dec. 6 after storm damage; contractor finished 27 days early and final construction costs are pending FEMA cost-share that could significantly reduce the county’s obligation.
Brad Deal, Bulloch County engineer, and Ron Nelson, assistant county engineer, presented a final report on the Brandon Pond Road drainage and roadway reconstruction, which reopened to traffic Dec. 6 after a storm-induced washout.
"It has been opened, I think, since early December but we wanted to give a final report on what the end results were and the financial impacts as well," Deal said. Engineers said the existing culvert was undersized for the watershed and that the project used a double-barrel precast box culvert (two 10-foot-by-7-foot barrels, 52 feet long) with extensive inlet and outlet protection.
Nelson said the contractor, McClendon Enterprises, completed the work in 93 days from notice to proceed — 27 days ahead of the 120-day…
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