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Howard County highway superintendent outlines equipment plan, bridge costs and move to thermoplastic markings
Summary
Highway Superintendent Amber Toll told the council the department broke ground on a salt barn, expects to receive three tandem chassis ordered in 2021, plans to use thermoplastic center‑line markings to extend striping life, and warned that federal Bridge 56 costs may push the county’s match above 20%.
Amber Toll, Howard County highway superintendent, detailed the department’s capital and operating plans for the coming year and described several budget pressures the council should expect.
Toll said the county has broken ground on a salt barn expected to be completed by November and that brine equipment will be installed for winter operations. She reported three chassis ordered in 2021 have arrived and will be fitted with beds; two chassis should arrive within 30 days and the third shortly thereafter. Toll identified a strategy to replace several aging graders by using tandem dump trucks equipped with belly blades, a configuration she said can perform plowing and heavy ice removal more efficiently than large graders.
Toll described a recent repair to Bridge 45 on Dixon Road that replaced deteriorated…
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