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Jasper declares emergency to repair Blackwell Dairy Road after culvert failure
Summary
Mayor Josh Gates told the council a compromised culvert made Blackwell Dairy Road an “imminent risk of collapse,” and the council unanimously declared a state of emergency to expedite concrete repairs that officials say could take weeks to months to complete.
Mayor Josh Gates told the Jasper City Council the city is declaring a state of emergency to repair Blackwell Dairy Road after engineering assessments found steel culverts beneath the road have begun to fail.
Gates said repeated patching revealed the culverts were compromised and that recent inspections determined the road presented an “imminent risk of collapse,” a danger for ambulance, school bus and regular residential traffic. The mayor asked the council to allow the…
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