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Highway engineer: Pokey Road work to use staged lanes; federal grant status for N. Pokey Road bridge pending
Summary
Highway Engineer Mike McCormick reported a preconstruction meeting concluded Pokey Road will use staged construction lanes from May 1 through early August rather than a full closure; he also told the board the county has applied for a federal grant for the N. Pokey Road bridge and has not yet received approval notification.
Highway Engineer Mike McCormick briefed the Bond County Board that a preconstruction meeting for the Pocahontas project determined staged construction lanes will be used on Pokey Road rather than a full closure, with an expected work window from May 1 through early August.
McCormick also addressed a public-question from PJ Klawitter about the N. Pokey Road bridge grant. He said the county applied for grant funding to help pay for that bridge project, that without grant assistance the county would be responsible for the full cost, and that the county has not yet received notification on whether the grant application has been approved.
Those statements indicate the county is advancing construction planning while awaiting federal grant decisions on related projects. McCormick's update gives residents and route users a projected timeframe for traffic impacts and signals that county cost exposure depends on pending grant awards.
The board approved related bridge resolutions elsewhere in the meeting that McCormick said would be fully federally funded, but he distinguished those confirmed grants from the N. Pokey Road application, which remains pending.
