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Cass County details 2025 construction progress, advances 2026–2030 highway and bridge plan
Summary
Cass County engineers reported progress on 2025 road-and-bridge projects, including paving, culvert work and a Maple River bridge replacement, and the Road Advisory Committee voted to forward the 2026 project list to a July 24 budget hearing and to recommend the 2026–2030 (and 2035) plan for commission consideration.
Cass County officials presented an update on 2025 construction projects and asked the Road Advisory Committee to forward the proposed 2026–2030 highway and bridge plan to the county commission for consideration.
The county engineer, Kyle Occhi, said favorable bids this year saved about $1,500,000 compared with the budgeted amounts and that the county is using its yearly state allotment — roughly $6,000,000 in State Construction (SC) funds — for current projects. Occhi also reported the county received $1,700,000 from a flex-fund grant shared with Barnes County to cover part of a joint project.
The update listed active and planned work across the county. Major items under way in 2025 include grading and bridge replacement on County Road 10 between Tower City and Buffalo (including a Maple River bridge deck pour planned within weeks), a subgrade repair and repaving stretch through Arthur with new culverts and storm sewer, a mill-and-overlay on County Road 26 and paving work on County Road 16. Occhi said the CR16 paving raised Cass…
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