Last week, Washington County residents got some good news from the office of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and the Ohio Department of Transportation that $8.
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Despite wet weather raising water levels in the Little Muskingum River this week, construction continues at the Cornerville bridge on County Road 20 in Marietta Township. (Photo by Janelle Patterson)
Warmer temperatures mean it’s construction season in Ohio, but the rains also equal some delays.
This was the story at the Cornerville Bridge in Marietta Township this week, with a pivot from drilling piers to abutment work.
“We kept working, but rain obviously slows down production,” said Washington County Engineer Roger Wright. “Unfortunately the spring floods got us this week a little bit.”
With a pier underwater of the Little Muskingum River after rains throughout the middle of the week, Wright explained, drilling had to pause.
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Devola’s upcoming sewering was debated at Thursday’s meeting of the Washington County Board of Commissioners.
Devola resident Glenn Pawloski asked the commission if they had talked to the township association that a majority of households in Devola do not support or want to be sewered. The township association had met Wednesday night at the offices of Washington County Engineer Roger Wright.
“Did you inform the township association that merely 161 of 563 Devola households approved the (right of entry) agreements solicited by Heritage Land Services on behalf of the Washington County Commission?” he asked.
Commissioner Jamie Booth said he was at last week’s meeting and they had asked for a letter of support for H20 funding, not as a consent decree or that they have a final permit to install.