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Board to hold open house on Abe McConnell reconstruction after revised report; engineers recommend upsized culvert
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The board received a revised reconstruction report for the Abe McConnell watershed, agreed to hold an open house for petitioning landowners at the next meeting and to schedule a public hearing if landowners concur; engineers recommended upsizing a 48-inch culvert to a larger configuration to improve flood capacity.
The Delaware County Drainage Board said it will review a revised reconstruction report for the Abe McConnell watershed and hold an open house for petitioning landowners at or following the next drainage board meeting.
The County Surveyor reported receipt of a revised report that blends preferred elements of multiple options and noted the revised figures reduced projected costs. A committee member said engineers recommended enlarging capacity on the 700 East corridor, reporting that an existing 48-inch culvert draining roughly 1.5 square miles is undersized and that the engineers advised upsizing to a larger configuration (described in the report as “19 by 4”) with an additional 30-inch culvert farther north.
Board members agreed the board should review the revised document, hold an open house in the following meeting cycle for landowners who signed the initial reconstruction petition, and if the petitioning landowners approve the preferred approach, the board will schedule a public hearing the following month to consider formal action.
A committee member moved to table formal action on the report until the next meeting so the board and landowners can review the document; the motion was seconded and approved by roll call.
Next steps: the surveyor said a preliminary or final design from Lochmuller is expected by the May meeting; if available, the board plans an additional open house in June for the affected landowners to review designs and cost implications before a public hearing.
