Page County engineer reports bridge repairs, winter prep, and theft of bridge rail; closures planned
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Page County Engineer JD King updated supervisors on road and bridge repairs (including abutment and wing-post work), winter equipment servicing, and a recent theft of bridge rail and posts. He described notification practices for closures and said a bridge near 180th Street will require a temporary closure for concrete work.
JD King, Page County engineer, gave the board a multi-part operational update covering maintenance, bridge repairs, winter preparations and a theft of bridge material.
King said crews are hauling rock on connector routes, performing brush clearing near Northborough and cleaning up a demolished field-entrance bridge on D Avenue in preparation to install twin pipes where headroom is low. He reported equipment maintenance in the shop: plow trucks undergoing winter service, a recent delivery of tires and motor grader repairs. He said one tandem truck with a fuel leak was moved to Omaha for repair.
Work completed last week included abutment repair on the 0 Avenue Bridge over Snake Creek; concrete was placed and the bridge reopened to traffic. King said the J 20 bridge west of Bethesda, which had been struck by a truck, had a concrete wing post placed and guardrail reinstalled; crews also painted centerline and edge markings on several roads.
King reported theft of bridge rail and posts on 180th Street and H Avenue. He said the county's carrier does not cover infrastructure damage, the sheriff had asked for an estimate of replacement cost, and some rail had been recovered but posts were missing.
On upcoming work, King said staff will attend service-bureau training in Atlantic, the board of adjustment meets Friday, and crews plan to begin work on the Redwood Avenue bridge near 180th Street (the Nealey branch). That project will include working under the bridge for up to two weeks and a closure to drill and pour concrete; King said the closure will be several days while concrete cures and that the detour will be more complicated than for a prior repair.
Supervisors asked about notification of closures; King described using the service-bureau email notification tool, radio stations, local newspapers’ web postings and direct news releases to affected residents. He said he sometimes distributes news releases to residents along the stretch when doing fog seals and that the county posts standard road-closure signs. Supervisors asked about dynamic message boards; King said they are expensive and it was unclear whether a safety grant could pay for them.
No formal board action was taken on any single repair or purchase at this meeting.
Provenance: JD King remarks at 00:07:53–00:13:26 and related exchanges (transcript blocks starting 473.13 through 806.93).
Speakers: - JD King — Page County engineer (first referenced at 00:07:53, transcript block starting 473.12997) - Board chair (unnamed) — (interjecting questions at multiple points)
Clarifying details: - Abutment repair: 0 Avenue Bridge over Snake Creek had concrete placed and reopened to traffic; King said work finished and it reopened Saturday morning. - Bridge theft: posts and some rail removed; insurance does not cover infrastructure per the carrier; sheriff requested estimate for replacement. - Redwood Avenue bridge: work will include underpinning and deck drilling, with a several-day closure for concrete curing; detour will be more complicated than the Snake Creek repair.
Topics: roads, bridges, infrastructure theft, public notification
Ending: King requested questions and the board scheduled a site tour with the engineer; no votes or procurement decisions were recorded at this meeting.