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Muscatine County approves vacation, escrow and sale tied to 245th Street/Edgewater bridge
Summary
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors approved reopening and closing a public hearing and adopted a set of resolutions to vacate and close the 245th Street bridge and Edgewater Road, create escrow accounts at CBI Bank and Trust for construction/contingency/maintenance, and sell Bridge No. 319 to the Edgewater Bridge and Road Association under a settlement agreement.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 22 approved a package of actions to transfer responsibility for the 245th Street bridge and adjacent Edgewater Road to a private association and to sell Muscatine County Bridge No. 319.
The board first reopened a public hearing on the proposal — originally held April 17, 2024 — then heard a presentation from Jim, who summarized the settlement documents underpinning the transfer. "We've been working on now for, well, almost two years, just shy of 2 years," Jim said, and described a settlement agreement, a quitclaim deed for the bridge, a reciprocal access agreement to preserve county access to six county-owned lots (related to prior FEMA activity), and individual releases from members of the…
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