WHEATLAND – Platte County Road and Bridge department supervisor Chris Bookout reported to commissioners, his department wrapped up replacement of the culver on Sybille Creek Road. “The …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, below, or purchase a new subscription.
Please log in to continue |
WHEATLAND – Platte County Road and Bridge department supervisor Chris Bookout reported to commissioners, his department wrapped up replacement of the culver on Sybille Creek Road. “The culvert was so big and there was so much dirt…we tamped and tamped…but it’s going to settle,” Bookout said, adding, after it is settled in a few months, his crew will put concrete along the sides.
They also worked to eliminate some of the vegetation along Sybille Creek Road to mitigate snowdrifts during winter weather. In addition to other winter preparations, the county crew will be installing snow fencing in an attempt to minimize drifting snow. After commissioner Steve Shockley asked if any of those locations would be good candidates for living snow fences, Bookout said he wanted to try the wooden snow fences to see how effective the breaks are first, but, “Living snow fences take a lot less maintenance, that’s for sure.”
Bookout reported, repairs have been completed on Dickinson Hill Road southeast of Wheatland had eroded to just the rock base. The county built up the road utilizing most of its stockpile of material, which will gradually be built back up. The crew has also completed patching on Cozad Road, and is going to fix a damaged portion of East Oak Road.
In the last week of the irrigation season, a metal culvert rusted through underneath the road at the end of Drake Road where it connects to Front Road. Bookout said irrigation water soaked through over time and washed away road material, resulting in a cave-in of part of the road. The crew patched it with dirt and millings for a temporary fix, but the culvert will be replaced in the coming days.
Bookout also said he is receiving four to five phone calls a day from residents seeking the county to fix “washboard” roads. The road crews are doing what they can to address dusty or rough roads, in the meantime, Bookout also pointed out, “People also need to be cognizant of their driving practices – not flying around the corner or braking hard at the stop signs…Just one tire that skips starts the whole process of washboard roads.”