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Genola council hires Jones & DeMille for road study after residents warn against State Road 141 truck route
Summary
After public comment warning that designating State Road 141 a heavy truck route could increase danger at a five-way intersection and a blind corner near Kiegley Quarry, Genola’s council reviewed two engineering proposals and voted to hire Jones & DeMille for traffic counts and pavement coring ($10,380).
Residents and town officials pressed the Genola Town Council on how to address heavy-truck impacts on local roads, and the council voted to hire Jones & DeMille Engineering to complete traffic counts and pavement coring for a lump sum of $10,380.
In public forum, Katie Taylor urged the council to oppose designating State Road 141 as a heavy-truck route, citing a five-way intersection where two teenagers died in 2009 and a blind corner near Kiegley Quarry; the transcript records no technical traffic study presented at the meeting.
Council members reviewed two proposals for an engineering study intended to quantify pavement damage and strengthen the town’s position with county and industry operators. Horrocks Engineering proposed a broader scope focused on pavement structural and operational characteristics on Main Street and 800 East, with prior estimates cited near $45,000. Jones & DeMille proposed traffic counts and pavement coring for $10,380.
Councilmember Brenan Jackson moved to accept the Jones & DeMille proposal; Councilman Curtis Thomas seconded the motion and it passed with all present voting YES.
Why it matters: The study will provide town-specific traffic counts and pavement condition data that can be used when seeking repairs, grant funding, or in negotiations with the county and quarry operators; residents raised safety concerns about routing heavy trucks to alternative roads.
What remains unresolved: The study’s precise timeline and whether the results will make the town eligible for specific grants were not specified in the minutes. Mayor Brown said he had not found grants the town currently clearly qualifies for but left open the possibility that supporting data could help with future applications.
