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County engineer outlines 2026 road projects, bridge grant pursuit and drainage fixes
Summary
County Engineer Darren Moon summarized maintenance and construction work, including a newly opened bridge, planned 17 miles of overlays, pursuit of a federal grant for the Howard 11 bridge, a proposed roundabout design with possible county cost-share, a main-shop expansion cost increase to about $1.7'$1.8 million, and a Nevada drainage tile repair estimated near $60,000 (staff proposed splitting costs).
County Engineer Darren Moon delivered a broad quarterly report to the Story County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 covering winter maintenance, bridge projects, planned overlays, capital needs and drainage problems.
Moon said county crews plowed early and intensively beginning after Thanksgiving and mobilized graders and V-plows; he noted the county opened a bridge on 150th Street over the Skunk River after delays and described negotiations with a contractor claiming weather-related delays. "We got it open," Moon said, and added staff will pursue mediation with the DOT on contract-delay claims.
Looking ahead, Moon said the…
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