Iowa County staff outline bridge work, ditching and rock deliveries

Iowa County staff reported updates on ongoing bridge and road maintenance work and outlined near-term priorities, including several bridge projects and ditching operations.

County staff said crews are working on a bridge on D Avenue, with concrete being poured south of Bowman, and that staff performed a survey on a bridge on W Avenue earlier in the week. "They brought that in. I got all the points drawn up yesterday and the services made. And now, we're gonna size that bridge, see how big we will need to be," said Speaker 2, a county staff member.

Speaker 2 said crews have been doing ditching and dragging along roads where crops are present, and that material (described in the meeting as "stock and bottle rock") is being hauled to Millersburg. The office reported its annual report to the state was accepted.

Staff said the county is planning work on five or six bridges over the next two years and will begin budget preparations for the next year after completing initial project tasks. The office manager and a commissioner were noted to be at a conference during parts of the week; routine project coordination and follow-up were described as ongoing.

Comments about these items in the meeting were informational; no formal action or vote on a capital project or specific contract was recorded in the transcript excerpt.