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County outlines widespread flood damage, keeps Red Jacket Trail closed pending repairs
Summary
Public works staff told the Blue Earth County board that intense summer storms caused extensive road, culvert and trail damage, with preliminary repair estimates for the Red Jacket Trail ranging roughly $2.3 million to $3.3 million; the trail will remain closed until critical repairs are completed.
Blue Earth County public works staff on Aug. 5 told the County Board that a series of intense rainfall events caused substantial flood damage across the county and forced the temporary closure of the Red Jacket Trail while staff scope repairs.
"We encountered a considerable amount of flood damages with some excessive rainfall amounts ranging anywhere... up to 12 inches," Public Works (Ryan, speaker 8) said, describing multiple washouts, scoured shoulders, filled sediment ponds and…
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