Board defers $27,000 culvert work, will revisit with Highway 35 project

Dec 1, 2025

After reviewing a $27,000 bid from Wamsley Excavating to replace a flood-prone culvert on Fourth Street, the board agreed to defer the work and reassess it in conjunction with the planned Highway 35 resurfacing project to potentially reduce total costs.

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The board reviewed a $27,000 bid from Wamsley Excavating to install a larger culvert where runoff from the fairgrounds currently floods Fourth Street. Leitzinger explained that the small existing pipe cannot handle heavy flows, and the township declined to split costs after seeing the quote.

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