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Carroll County secondary roads staff lays out five‑year DOT program; board approves plan and several repairs
Summary
Secondary Roads Superintendent reported a multi-year program of bridge and asphalt projects totaling several million dollars in federal, state and local funds; the board approved the Iowa DOT five‑year program and a pair of drain repairs.
Carroll County Secondary Roads staff presented the county’s Iowa DOT five‑year program and county road budget and outlined construction and bridge projects scheduled from fiscal year 2026 through fiscal year 2029. The Board of Supervisors approved the plan and the associated budget at the meeting.
Zach (last name not specified), Secondary Roads staff member, reviewed projects the county plans to seek DOT funding for and those it expects to pay for with local dollars. For fiscal year 2026 Zach described a box‑culvert replacement estimated at about $260,000 of local funds; a replacement with reinforced concrete box estimated at $125,000 of local funds; and two diamond‑grinding projects contingent on patching work (N14 and M68) estimated at $700,000 and $125,000 respectively. Zach said those local estimates total about $1.21 million in local dollars for the near‑term projects.
Zach also reviewed later‑year projects, including a short bridge replacement in fiscal year 2027 budgeted for about $300,000 in local dollars, a larger federally funded bridge northwest of Dedham estimated near $1.3 million in fiscal year 2028, and other bridge and resurfacing projects that will require coordination with Greene County for work on segments that cross the county line. Many later‑year line items were flagged as subject to change as funding balances and construction costs evolve.
On the construction update, staff reported that a county crack‑filling project for the season was complete and that several asphalt projects had been milled and were moving into base and surface work. Zach said crews had started laying base material on a widened section south of Manning and that contractors planned intermediate surface lifts on four segments, with plant staging northwest of Lanesboro.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved two small drain repairs described by Zach: a short repair to a 24‑inch line west of Sycamore (Drain 60, Section 36) and a short repair to a 15‑inch line in Sheridan Township (Drain 38, Section 26). The board moved and seconded approval for both repairs and the motion carried.
The board then moved to review and approve the Iowa DOT five‑year program and budget. Staff noted one change from the county’s local budget: a project south of Highway 141 was coded as maintenance in the DOT submission rather than construction, because it can be completed as maintenance this fiscal year. A supervisor moved to approve the DOT plan and budget; the motion was seconded and passed.
Speakers in the record on road matters included Zach (Secondary Roads staff member), and multiple board members who asked questions about depth of cover for repairs and project timing (first names only in the record), but the transcript does not provide full last names for those board members.
The county also discussed potential naming of bridges for deceased veterans; staff said they were open to discussing a formal process but did not set a timeline.
The board approved the DOT five‑year plan and the two drains at the meeting; subsequent scheduling and design work will proceed through the Secondary Roads office and with DOT as projects move toward bidding and construction.
