Clinton County starts a nest egg to fix tunnel
Clinton County Engineer Jeff Linkous
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WILMINGTON Clinton County commissioners have taken action to create a reserve account to start setting aside $250,000 every year for a costly project to deal with a deteriorating century-old tunnel under Courthouse Square.
The mostly concrete tunnel is about six feet tall and 14 to 16 feet wide. It runs under the county parking lot and beneath the southwest lawn of the city block upon which the 102-year-old courthouse sits.
The tunnel (or culvert) has been examined, and though its condition is “in no way an imminent problem,” said Clinton County Engineer Jeff Linkous, it is at a point to be on the radar so to speak and to financially prepare for.