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Webster County trustees accept amended engineer's report but table decision on $1.4M Lateral A-1 replacement
Summary
At a continuation hearing for Drainage District No. 34 (Lateral A) in Webster County, engineer Luke Huggins reported measured capacity below common design guidance and presented a replacement-only option estimated at about $1.4 million; trustees accepted the amended report but voted to table selection of a repair/improvement option until Jan. 13.
Chair/Trustee called the continuation hearing for Drainage District Number 34, Lateral A to order and turned the meeting to Luke Huggins, an engineer with McClure Engineering, for an updated engineer's report.
Huggins told trustees the red and blue main lines that feed the district measure about 0.41 to 0.43 inches per acre per day of drainage capacity, short of a commonly cited design guidance of a half-inch per acre per day. He said the petition under consideration covers the orange Lateral A-1 only and described two broad approaches: replace the existing tile with a single larger pipe, or add a relief tile alongside the old line. Huggins said he favors full replacement to avoid ongoing maintenance of an aging pipe.
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