Valley County approves limited West Roseberry Road contract; discusses S Bridge repairs and study

Valley County attendees on Feb. 9 approved an agreement with Valley Paving and Asphalt to carry out a limited construction job on West Roseberry Road, covering the section from the West Mountain intersection east to Hawkes Bay Road, a county official said.

The item was described as the signature of a construction contract that follows an earlier work order. "How much of the road's gonna be done?" asked an unidentified participant (Speaker 1), prompting a staff explanation that the current project is focused on the S-curve area and is intentionally small in scope. Speaker 3 said the project "identifies, from the intersection of West Mountain and West Roseberry to ... Hawkes Bay Road, which is the east side of the s curve," and noted a timber post feature at the corner as the project's eastern limit.

County staff said they will provide an additional scope letter to Valley Paving to further define specific tasks under the contract and that they hope to pursue a larger West Roseberry project later. Speakers also discussed safety improvements: staff have been speaking with a neighboring landowner about realigning a hazardous 90-degree corner, and engineering options such as superelevating the roadway or installing barriers were mentioned as possible measures to reduce slide-off risk.

Separately, participants reported damaged guardrails on the nearby S Bridge. Speaker 3 said the county has "some grant dollars that can be assigned to the S Bridge for repair work," and described planned summer repairs limited to guardrail replacement and spot concrete curbing work. Speaker 3 also said a planning study for the S Bridge is expected to be issued as an RFP by LTAC this year to address broader structural and design questions.

On the motion to approve the Valley Paving agreement, an unidentified participant (Speaker 1) moved and another (Speaker 2) seconded; the presiding speaker asked "All in favor?" and Speaker 3 answered "Aye." The transcript records the voice vote but does not list a roll-call tally; the motion was carried as recorded in the meeting.

Following that action, staff discussed recreation easements involving "the BOR" and Tamarac and suggested coordination with the BOR on those easements. The meeting then moved into executive session after a motion by Speaker 2 citing Idaho Code 74-206(1)(b); the session began at 10:55 a.m. and the meeting recessed for lunch, to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.

The agreement with Valley Paving and Asphalt and the S Bridge repair planning are the most immediate outcomes recorded in this session; no dollar amounts or contract dates were specified in the transcript.