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Page County engineer outlines bridge work, guardrail letting and grant-funded safety workshop
Summary
The county engineer updated the board on bridge repairs north of Essex, next week’s guardrail letting on J64, a review of county salary categories for the budget and a grant-funded safety workshop to develop a County Roads Safety Action Plan.
The county engineer told the Page County board that routine maintenance and several capital projects remain active and that staff will present a grant-funded safety workshop next month to develop a County Roads Safety Action Plan.
The engineer said, “The engineer update went out Monday afternoon,” and described ongoing work: brush cutting with shear chainsaws and a forestry head on a skid steer (no burning), and progress on the bridge north of Essex. On the bridge, the engineer reported crews “poured the south pier,” completed a beam test, were removing forms and pulling sheet piling for the cofferdam, and planned to build a causeway across the river before moving to work on the north pier and possibly the north abutment footing later this week or in subsequent weeks.
The update also covered internal budget work. The engineer said staff had completed checks across 12 budget categories to reconcile salaries and to test possible wage increase scenarios and planned to deliver the county portion of the budget to the auditor’s office the next day.
On operational matters, the engineer announced a letting next week for guardrail on J64. He also said the county will hold a safety workshop next month, paid for by a discretionary grant, that will include a consultant and outside participants. The stated purpose is to assemble a safety action plan the county can use when applying for roadway funding; the engineer explained that “they want to see that you have a plan to spend the money.”
Board members and staff discussed candidate safety features that the workshop might consider, including additional chevrons at curves, wider shoulders in some pavement locations to reduce edge rutting, and milled-in pavement markings. The board asked the engineer to solicit ideas and bring options back through the normal project and grant channels.
During the same discussion a board member noted a localized washout on E Avenue south of Highway 2; the board asked staff to inspect the location and obtain photos so staff could determine whether patch rock or a longer-term repair is appropriate.
The engineer’s presentation was discussion only; no formal board action was recorded on the bridge work, guardrail letting or the safety workshop at this meeting.
