County engineer details storm damage: emergency culvert repair restored single-access residence; permanent work planned June 24

Ringgold County Engineer Jared Johnson told the Board of Supervisors on June 15 that crews responded to multiple storm-related incidents and performed routine maintenance across the county.

Johnson reported that crews mowed vegetation along paved roadsides and Farm-to-Market gravel roads, sprayed to control noxious weeds, used the patcher to repair potholes, repaired downed and deteriorated signs, hauled and stockpiled chip rock for an upcoming seal coat project, and cut trees from roadways after high winds.

Johnson said an emergency repair was made to a culvert on 325th Avenue south of 170th Street after flooding washed it out; that culvert served as the only access to a residence. The temporary repair was completed by Thursday afternoon. A tank-car culvert is scheduled to arrive June 24 for a planned permanent installation.

The board reviewed work-order summaries showing additional culvert emergency repairs: W.O. 1467 (culvert on 290th Street between 190th Ave and US 169) and W.O. 1472 (culvert on 170th Street between 300th and 310th Avenues), with permanent replacements planned at a later date. At the Middle Fork 10 project site, crews encountered damage to interior-span falsework piling from debris after heavy rain; planned work for the week included drift removal, form stripping, abutment pours and bracket installations.

Johnson said crews would remove drift and debris at multiple roadway structures, rebuild Type III barricades where needed, and coordinate schedules for hauling and material placement. The minutes record planned coordination with the Soil & Water Conservation District for some hauling and material placement tasks.

The county did not record a cost estimate for the emergency repairs or a projected completion date for all permanent replacements in the minutes.