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Commissioners press utility and road permits review, plan bridge tech tests and ROW agreements
Summary
Brown County commissioners directed staff to meet with Evergy and planning staff about poles encroaching on county right-of-way, requested temporary and permanent right‑of‑way language for an island bridge project, and instructed staff to plan pilots for alternative bridge and microsurfacing technologies next spring.
Brown County commissioners spent time on several interrelated infrastructure topics: utility pole placement and permits, right-of-way documentation for a bridge project, and pilot testing of alternative bridge and road surfacing technologies.
Pole placement: Commissioners raised safety and equipment-clearance concerns about a permit (25-6) that would place utility poles close to rural road returns and the county right-of-way. Staff…
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