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Commission authorizes appeal after drainage permit denial; road-raising costs estimated at about $2 million
Summary
The commission directed the county attorney to file an appeal of a denied temporary drainage permit for Fenster Slough and discussed a separate proposal to raise approximately 0.5 mile of Ramsey County 4 at a rough cost estimate of $2,000,000 as a longer-term solution.
Jason (Highway) updated commissioners that the temporary drainage permit for Fenster Slough was denied and that the county attorney recommended requesting a rehearing with the Department of Water Resources; commissioners voted to direct the state's attorney to file the appeal before the counseling deadline. The chair said the appeal must be filed by July 31 and instructed the state's attorney to proceed.
Paul (engineer) gave a preliminary, rough cost estimate to raise a low section of Ramsey County 4 by approximately 3.5 feet over about 0.5 mile, saying, “A rough estimate to raise that section of road? Oh, about in the ballpark of 2,000,000.” Commissioners discussed cost-share options, federal participation conditions and the difficulty of obtaining state approval for some earlier, larger grade-raise proposals. Several commissioners and residents expressed frustration with the state review process and emphasized the urgency given upcoming harvest traffic.
