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Sergeant County lawmakers and farmers ask legislature to tap flexible transportation fund for Legal Drain 11 repairs
Summary
Representative Brandenburg asked the House Transportation Committee to approve up to $3 million from the state’s flexible transportation fund to address undersized road crossings and downstream erosion tied to Legal Drain 11 after highway culvert upgrades increased flow into the ditch.
Representative Brandenburg, sponsor of House Bill 1202, told the House Transportation Committee that work by the state on Highway 13 in 2013—where the Department of Transportation replaced smaller culverts with much larger openings—substantially increased flow into Legal Drain 11 and created long-term flooding and road-safety problems for Sergeant County.
"Before that, there was 3 36 inch culverts and 3 different spots... they went and put in 2 double 54s," Representative Brandenburg said, explaining that the changes increased the water flow dramatically and contributed to downstream erosion, sloughing and road closures. He introduced HB 1202 to authorize up to $3 million from the state’s flexible transportation fund for culvert and bridge crossings and related work.
The bill’s backers emphasized public-safety and farm-productivity impacts. Roger Zeneca, a Sergeant County farmer and water board member, told the committee that township and county…
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