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County engineer says DOT rules restrict routine work inside larger cities; 2026 five‑year plan advances
Summary
Wright County engineer presented the draft 2026 five‑year construction program and warned state rules bar county crews from performing routine maintenance inside cities with populations over 2,500 unless the city reimburses the county; supervisors voted to add a BR‑funded bridge project and advance the five‑year plan.
Adam Clemens, Wright County engineer, told supervisors the draft 2026 county five‑year construction program (version 0.1) will be funded with BR dollars and will not use local property tax revenues. Clemens also told the board the item will appear on next week’s agenda with a resolution to adopt the program.
Why it matters: the five‑year program sets the county’s near‑term road and bridge priorities and ties specific projects to BR (bridge/road) funding that excludes local tax dollars. Clemens said one addition — an extra $200,000 in BR funds for Bridge 175 at R33 and C20 — will be included in Resolution 2025‑34, which the board approved during the meeting.
Clemens spent the bulk of his…
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