ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JULIE ANDERSON
Marion County Commissioners discussed options for the five-year bridge
plan during their Monday meeting.
Four bridges are listed in the plan. They are located south of
Hillsboro, south of Florence, north of Lehigh and north of Durham.
?It is proposed to do Hillsboro in 2001 and the other three in 2002
which isn?t going to be possible with the funds available,? said Linda
Peterson, commission chair.
The bridge work will need to be spread out so the county can come up
with funds for its share of the project, which totals 20 percent.
?I think the cost of it is going to determine a lot of it,? said
Gerald Kelsey of the Road and Bridge Department.
The cost of the bridge work is about $358,000 for Hillsboro, $627,000
for Florence and $290,000 for Durham.
The cost of the Lehigh bridge has not been determined yet but is
expected similar to the Durham bridge.
Commissioners discussed the possibility of doing the Hillsboro bridge
in 2001, Florence in 2003 and Lehigh in 2004. A steel bridge could be
put in at Lehigh and would be paid for with other funds.
The commissioners will look at the bridges May 22 before making a
final decision.
In other business:
— Commissioners agreed to sign a letter of support for improvements
at Cottonwood Point. The park area at Marion Reservoir has reached its
capacity and needs to be modernized, they were told.
— David Brazil, county health officer, informed the commission of an
illegal dump site northwest of Durham. Personal papers, scrap material
and tires, as well as cans of paint and paint thinner which had leaked
into the water, were cleaned up. He will levy a fine and have the
responsible party pay for the cost of cleaning it up if the person who
dumped the trash can be identified.
— Commissioners selected the chemical bid from Markley Service in the
amount of $2,494.50.
— The commission approved having Faye Makovec, register of deeds,
proceed with the mandated plat review.
— The commission approved changing the part time job in the noxious
weed departmen
Commissioners weigh costs of repairing county bridges
