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Page County engineer updates board on bridge work, road redesign and budget
Summary
Page County engineer JD King briefed the board on brush-clearing, equipment repairs, an Essex Bridge closeout, a Yorktown Bridge redesign tied to railroad coordination, planning for bike work and an estimated county balance of about $2,200,000 as the county moves to a five-year construction program.
JD King, identified in the meeting as the Page County engineer, told the board the county’s maintenance crews were cutting brush on J64, J20 and Avenue and that shop staff were repairing an older excavator and preparing a chassis to go to Des Moines.
King said staff assignments included a list of equipment faults being compiled and software updates managed by a staffer named Corey. He said a north-side lean tool project at the county shop is essentially complete and that he had reduced some expenditures in the current year.
“Share the balance to 2,200,000.0 estimated,” King said when summarizing the county’s finances, adding that “the budget’s done, so now it's time to work on the five-year construction program.” That figure was presented as an estimate by King.
On projects, King said he held meetings with local stakeholders on the Yorktown Bridge project and described upcoming coordination with the railroad that will require a small road redesign near the west end where the new road meets 220 Street. “It’s important to the landlord,” he said of the redesign, and added the change also matters to county operations.
King also reported by email that the Essex Bridge work is now closed out for county and Department of Transportation responsibilities and that the state has provided final acceptance after roughly seven months of work: “According to my email, the Essex Bridge is now closed out.”
He said the county is planning bike-related work for spring and summer and that he had received initial numbers that staff need more time to review to confirm current-year expenditures. He also told the board the county had a couple of truck accidents and that he would bring more detailed information to the board next week.
The engineer’s briefing closed with a short question-and-answer exchange about federal approvals and the specifics of the road redesign; King said he had no further federal actions to complete on the items discussed and described the design change by its effect at the 220 Street intersection. The board did not take any immediate action during the update; King flagged the truck-accident information and budget follow-ups for next meeting staff reports.
