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County engineer outlines road, bridge and gravel projects and seeks federal grants
Summary
Woodbury County engineer presented the county's road and bridge needs, citing 1,300 miles of roadway and roughly 300 bridges, described major recent projects (a $3.7 million D-38 reconstruction) and urged pursuit of federal bridge grants that could cover about 80% of large bridge costs.
County Engineer Laura Sears told residents in Anthem that Woodbury County maintains roughly 1,300 miles of roadway and about 300 bridges and faces large capital needs for both pavement and bridge repairs.
"We have 1,300 miles of roadway, 300 bridges," Sears said, outlining the scale of the system and the multiple revenue streams that support it, including about $2 million in farm-to-market funds and roughly $1 million in highway bridge funds annually.…
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