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Engineer tells commission DOT access, drainage and low-per-unit water demand underpin project plan
Summary
Rutherford Engineering presented technical details saying DOT agreed to access from Highway 77, traffic generation would be low (about 31 peak-hour trips), and consultant analysis estimated limited drawdown on nearby wells; commissioners and residents pressed for signed, sealed plans and peer review.
Scott Rutherford of Rutherford Engineering presented the project's technical responses in the rehearing for the Scenic RV Park, addressing access, traffic, septic and drainage during an extended testimony.
Rutherford said the team met with DOT and "we can have full access off of 77," and showed a rendition of the access plan that had not been included in the planning packet. He also reported a traffic estimate used in the submittal, saying the development would generate about "31 trips a day in peak hour," which he said is below DOT thresholds for requiring a formal traffic impact study.
On groundwater and septic, Rutherford summarized a consultant's analysis and said drawdown would be modest: "the drawdown about a 1 to 1.5 feet," and he described a plan to spread septic systems into pods to avoid concentrated flows. Commissioners repeatedly asked for signed, sealed engineering documents and said they could not responsibly vote on plans that had not been provided in the packet.
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