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Madison County engineers report progress, right-of-way issues on Yandale Road segments
Summary
County engineering contractors updated officials on design progress for two Yandale Road segments, reporting a quarter-acre of wetland impacts, inconsistent deed-based right-of-way widths and a need to coordinate acquisitions with overlapping projects and federal land authorities.
Engineers for Pickering briefed Madison County officials on design progress for two segments of Yandale Road — Yandale West (Old Canton Road to Bainbridge) and Yandale East (Bainbridge to Highway 43) — and highlighted right-of-way and geotechnical issues that could affect schedule and property acquisition.
The update matters because the segments cross private property and, on the east section, federal park land associated with the Natchez Trace Parkway. Those constraints could require title work, interagency coordination and additional base repairs that affect project timing and utility relocations.
Rick Ferguson, an engineer with Pickering, said the team completed right-of-way and property surveys for the west segment and finished a wetland delineation that identified about a quarter acre of potential wetland impacts. "We did find there's…
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