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County engineer: sheriff's parking-lot work to begin next week; bridge design advanced pending federal grant
Summary
Des Moines County engineers said construction on the sheriff's office parking lot will begin next Monday and that the county approved a supplemental agreement for final bridge design tied to a federal grant application that could bring about $1–1.2 million for replacement; the final-design contract portion approved is about $27,800.
County Engineer Bridal Carter told the Board of Supervisors on March 24 that contractors will begin work on the sheriff's office parking lot next Monday and that the job is scheduled for roughly 32 working days, creating a busy work zone on Main Street.
"They're gonna actually start that next Monday," Carter said, asking staff and the public to stay alert for equipment and traffic changes. Carter thanked maintenance and survey teams for their work on the project and said an inspector will be on site for much of the work.
Carter also updated supervisors on a bridge project (Des Moines County D-02, FHWA 143270). The board approved supplemental agreement No. 1 for final design work. Carter said the county was part of a multi-bridge federal grant application and, if successful, the application could bring "somewhere, hopefully, in the 1 to $1,200,000 range" toward a replacement for a bridge that otherwise lacked funding. He said the supplemental agreement covers about $27,800 of engineering work; geotechnical borings already completed total about $10,400 and are identified in the contract paperwork.
Carter described separate localized concrete settlement repairs on Golf Course Road and similar planned work on Pleasant Grove Road; he also noted a closed bridge on a gravel/dirt stretch locally known as Wildcat Canyon (151st Avenue) that the county now has funding to replace but which has drawn mixed reactions from nearby property owners.
Why it matters: If the federal bridge grant is awarded, the county would have significant outside funding to replace an aging bridge and reduce localized closures; starting the sheriff's parking-lot construction will alter traffic around county facilities for several weeks.
Approval and procedural notes: The board moved and approved the supplemental agreement and asked staff to keep plans ready if federal funding does not materialize so the county can pursue future grant rounds.
