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Engineer outlines Zeel Road bank‑stabilization concept; court authorizes engineering next steps
Summary
An engineering firm presented a concept involving gabion walls, inlet/culvert structures and road reconstruction to address erosion threatening Zeel Road; commissioners asked staff to proceed with preliminary engineering and return with cost estimates and easement needs.
County engineers and a private consultant described severe bank erosion on Zeel Road (south of I‑10 near Caffee Road) and presented a concept for stabilization on Jan. 28 that would combine a reinforced inlet/vertical riser, a gabion wall, ditch improvements, and reconstruction of a 200–300 foot roadway segment.
The consultant, Tom Turk of Freedom Turk Engineering Group, said the immediate condition included slope failures, eroding fill, and water flowing over the road in multiple locations. Photographs shown to the court illustrated broken concrete and ongoing erosion near the pavement edge.
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