Consultants recommend advancing Bee County GLO mitigation projects to final design; bridge recommended for Silver Creek crossing

Hanson Professional Services presented a 30% design review of Bee County's Community Development Block Grant — Mitigation projects covering Tynan, Pettus and the Silver Creek crossings and recommended advancing the work into final design.

Anna Aldridge, an engineering consultant with Hanson Professional Services, told the court the Tynan scope includes six fire‑hydrant replacements and improvements at the water and wastewater treatment plants and lift station; preliminary cost estimates for the Tynan portion are just under $500,000 and the firm recommended proceeding to final design. On Pettus, consultants recommended relocating a new well to school‑district property near the existing treatment plant and estimated that Pettus improvements would be ‘‘a little bit over $1,000,000’’ in preliminary costs.

On the Silver Creek crossings, Craig Thompson, Hanson’s civil‑site lead, said hydrological analysis showed County Road 631 currently conveys a 10‑year event and that recent heavy rains were close to a 100‑year event. He said a single bridge at the Silver Creek Road crossing would meet a 100‑year design but would consume most of the project budget; as an alternative, box culverts could be used to achieve roughly 25–50‑year capacity as an additive alternate. "What we are recommending is going with a single bridge at the Silver Creek Roadway. That bridge would meet the hundred year event," Craig Thompson said. The presentation was informational; the court characterized the 30% review as not an action item and said any formal acceptance would be scheduled for a future court meeting.