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Board approves final plans and local letting for Middle Fork 10; secondary roads report details culvert, ditch and bridge work
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At the March 23 meeting, the Ringgold County Board of Supervisors approved final plans and set a local letting for the Middle Fork 10 project and heard secondary roads updates from Engineer Jared Johnson covering culvert replacements, ditch work and bridge channel protection.
The Ringgold County Board of Supervisors on March 23 approved final plans for the Middle Fork 10 project and set a local letting for April 6, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., following a presentation from county engineering staff.
County Engineer Jared Johnson told the board the department had completed major precast placement at the Middle Fork site: the east barrel was finished and roughly half of the west barrel had been set. Remaining work includes setting the remaining precast sections, installing and tightening anchor tie bolts, placing sheet pile curtain walls, forming and pouring center joints and floor extensions at inlet and outlet, wrapping joints with engineering fabric and beginning backfill operations.
Johnson also briefed supervisors on routine secondary roads activity: spot rock was hauled to the northwest maintainer district; crews built curb forms for an upcoming project; the sign truck repaired and replaced downed or deteriorated signs; and plow trucks were dispatched early Monday to clear snow-covered areas and treat slick spots.
The department presented several work orders completed or in progress. Work order 1425 replaced a deteriorated 36-inch CMP culvert with a new 36-inch ADS culvert and armored the outlet with broken concrete along 240th Avenue (between P68 and the nearby crossroad listed in the minutes). Work order 1426 completed a similar 36-inch culvert replacement along 250th Avenue between 310th Avenue and P68. Work order 1438 cleared brush and reshaped approximately 400 feet of ditch along 210th Street between P64 and 300th Avenue (marked complete). Work order 1440 is in progress to clear and reshape roughly 0.25 miles of ditch along 280th Avenue between 280th Street and J55. Work order 1442 involves channel alignment and bank revetment at Bridge Riley 4.
On a separate site labeled Union 13, engineering staff reported they are finalizing hydraulics and analyzing a box culvert versus a bridge. Because channel depth and grade control at that site would require a long bridge structure, the department concluded a box culvert appears the more economical construction option, though streambed mitigation will likely be required.
The board voted to approve the final plans for the Middle Fork 10 project and to advertise and set a local letting for the project on April 6, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors office (Resolution RC26-45 and RC26-46). The motions were moved and seconded as reflected in the minutes and carried by unanimous vote.