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Commissioners approve 55 MPH for HWY 313 project and award $80,000 design contract
Summary
Deuel County commissioners approved a 55 MPH speed limit for HWY 313 project 20-050-273 pending a landowner easement and awarded a Banner Associates design contract for $80,000, both motions passing unanimously.
Chairman Jay Grabow presided over a decision by the Deuel County Commissioners to set a 55 MPH speed limit for the HWY 313 stretch south of the box culvert identified as project 20-050-273, contingent on an easement from the landowner. The motion to approve the 55 MPH limit was made by Commissioner Steve Rhody and seconded by Commissioner Scott Fieber; all commissioners voted yes.
Highway Superintendent Jamie Broksieck described the trade-offs under consideration, telling the board, "There are two options for a speed limit: option 1 is 40 MPH or option 2 is 55 MPH but shifting the road." Broksieck also asked the board to approve a design contract; Commissioners approved a Banner Associates contract for design services on project 20-050-273 in the amount of $80,000 (motion by Harry Mewherter, seconded by Judith Homan; unanimous vote). The 55 MPH setting is explicitly conditional on the county securing the necessary easement from the adjacent property owner.
