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Woodbury County approves $39 million five‑year roads program and buys motor grader for District 2
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Summary
The board accepted a fiscally constrained five‑year Secondary Roads construction program that targets roughly 23 bridge replacements and 49 miles of resurfacing (about $39 million) and approved purchase of a John Deere motor grader after accepting the low bid.
Woodbury County supervisors on the floor unanimously approved a five‑year construction program and budget from the Secondary Roads Department and voted to accept the low bid to buy a motor grader for District 2.
Laura Severs, the county’s secondary roads engineer, told the board the plan is “fiscally constrained” and focuses on replacing about 23 bridges and resurfacing roughly 49 miles of roadway over the next five years, an overall construction program she estimated at about $39,000,000. Severs said the program prioritizes bridge work on closed or ton‑posted structures and concentrates resurfacing work on the county’s east side to improve contracting efficiencies.
Severs also presented two sealed bids for a District 2 motor grader: Murphy’s John Deere 772P with a trade‑in for $358,800 and Ziegler’s Caterpillar all‑wheel drive for $389,560. She recommended awarding the purchase to Murphy as the low bidder; Nelson moved the approval and Dietrich seconded. The board approved the motor grader purchase 5‑0.
Severs described multiple funding sources for the plan, including the local road budget, farm‑to‑market allocations, HPP bridge funds and some swap dollars, and said the department is trying to avoid spending beyond available revenues. For 2027 specifically she said the program anticipates four bridge replacements and about 13 miles of HMA resurfacing, and that several large projects will place significant demands on design, survey and inspection staff.
The board voted to accept the five‑year program and send it to the Iowa DOT as presented. The vote was unanimous.
The board did not set a public‑hearing date at the meeting; Severs said staff would continue coordinating project timing and would reach out to affected landowners for projects that require design choices or access changes.
