(Le Mars) –– The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved the road construction plan as presented by Plymouth County Engineer Tom Rohe during their meeting held on Tuesday. With spring soon to arrive, Rohe says the county still has a few construction projects left over from last year.
Rohe says another project scheduled for this spring will be a bridge replacement near Kingsley.
The Plymouth County Engineer says a third project scheduled for this spring is a grading project on 150th Street near the county landfill. Rohe says bids will be accepted in the near future with construction to occur during the summer months.
The new fiscal year begins on July 1st, and Rohe says there are several projects scheduled involving bridge repairs, and culvert installations. Rohe says one of the major road construction projects for the 2019 fiscal year will be the asphalt overlay of county road K-49.
Rohe says the cost to install a new bridge can vary depending upon the materials used and the length, but he says the price tag for a bridge can be a bit costly.
Rohe says the increase in the fuel sales tax that was adopted two years ago has enabled the county to work on additional road construction projects, or bridge repairs, that otherwise the county would not have been able to afford, and would have needed to wait for another year.
