Project still on track to be done in August Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
The reopening of 397th Avenue south of Mount Vernon took another step forward this week.
The Davison County Commission opened and accepted bids Tuesday in the reconstruction of a key bridge that was washed away in the 2019 flooding. The board voted to move forward with Mitchell-based Menning Backhoe to install a new culvert along 397th Avenue at a bid price of $451,121.
The total cost has previously been estimated at between $470,000 and $505,000.
Davison County Highway Superintendent Rusty Weinberg said he was impressed to have six bidders on the project and using a precast concrete structure helped get more bidders involved, rather than a cast-in-place method, which would be more expensive and specialized.
Half of costs covered by James River district Written By: Marcus Traxler | ×
More than 200 tons of new riprap was put into place on 262nd Street north of Ethan earlier this fall. (Marcus Traxler / Republic)
Water under the bridge? It is flowing better under nine key bridges in Davison County after work done in 2020.
Davison County Highway Department workers helped install nearly $45,000 in 1,895 tons of riprap rock under bridge structures to help preserve the integrity of the bridges’ and their backwalls.
The county received some help in paying that riprap cost earlier in December. The James River Water Development District approved a request from Highway Superintendent Rusty Weinberg for $22,350, or half of the project costs.