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County engineer announces FY27 RCTP awards and updates multiple bridge and paving projects
Summary
Jackson County approved FY27 RCTP grant recommendations for four small cities and received construction updates: bridge work (Z‑15 and Channelorth), Bernard Road overlay mobilization, and other local bridge projects beginning; the board approved the awards as recommended by the regional committee.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors on June 2 approved the FY27 RCTP recommendations presented by the county engineer and heard progress updates on several active infrastructure projects.
Jaden Shackle of the Jackson County Engineer’s Office told the board the RCTP committee recommended awards of $25,000 to the city of Andrew, $21,376 to Springbrook, $15,412 to Lamont and $8,212 to Miles. "Those are the recommendations which to me all the amounts and ranking looked appropriate," Shackle said. The board moved and approved the awards as presented.
Shackle also reported construction activity across multiple projects: the deck on the Z‑15 (Springbridge) project is scheduled to be poured on Thursday; work on the south pier for the Channelorth bridge finished footing pours and will move to stem work in hopes of getting out of the water; Bernard Road overlay crews will mobilize late next week to perform subdrain work prior to paving; and Shreder (transcript spelling variants include Shraider) Construction will begin a local bridge letting on 458th Avenue next week.
The engineer and supervisors discussed dust-control decisions on temporary gravel detours: instead of treating a continuous half-mile, crews redistributed available dust-control material across routes adjacent to residences and intersections to reduce dust impacts. They cautioned that treating certain hill locations could create winter freeze/thaw problems and said they are monitoring areas where regrading may be required in fall.
Why it matters: the awards fund locally prioritized safety and maintenance projects, and the briefing gives residents and local officials a timeline for upcoming closures and mobilizations related to bridge and paving work.
What the record shows: the construction update includes regional project names and several contractor names with variant spellings in the transcript; the board approved the RCTP awards by motion.
