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County engineers recommend replacing water-tank roof; temporary repairs expected to hold a year or two
Summary
Underwood Engineer told Carroll County commissioners that temporary repairs to the county—s water-tank roof will hold only short term and recommended replacing the concrete plank roof rather than a lightweight building-style cover because of maintenance and algae risk; commissioners discussed divider walls, auxiliary tanks and design next steps.
The Carroll County Commission heard a detailed evaluation of options for the county—s aging water-storage tank on April 6, with a consulting engineer recommending replacement of the tank—s plank roof and warning that temporary repairs were only a short-term fix.
Lynette of Underwood Engineer summarized the firm—s review and said engineers had stabilized cracked concrete planks last fall but that the fixes were intended to buy time. "The intent was to give you a year or two kind of thing to be able to pull the funding together to fully address the problem," she said.
Underwood presented three broad…
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