When repairs occur on the collapsed bridge near Neosho Rapids, that work will take place in-house according to Lyon County Engineer Chip Woods.
Woods’ comments came after a presentation to the Lyon County Commission Thursday morning regarding the county’s Road Functional Classification System through the Kansas Department of Transportation. The system is a complete list of all county roads and their classifications according to the type of service they provide i.e. residential collectors and main arterials.
Woods says the county approved the item back in 2004 and per KDOT requirements needed to approve it yet again Thursday. He says there have been no changes to the county’s road map or classifications in that time.
While speaking about the system, Woods touched on the Road 170 Bridge that collapsed this past weekend noting plans to handle the repair work in-house as the bridge is not eligible for Federal grant funding.
A timeline for the project is currently pending, however, Woods has stated it could well be next year before work is completed or even gets underway with the project costing more than $100,000. While expensive, Woods says the Highway Department’s decision to use its “own forces” to handle the work could save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In other business Thursday, commissioners received a report on 2023 expenses from Lyon County Sheriff’s Office representative Jay Whitney and approved a nearly $20,000 quote from Tobey Kelley of the Sheriff’s Office for in-car cameras and body cameras.
The Lyon County Commission will reconvene for its weekly action meeting next Thursday at 9 am inside of the Lyon County Courthouse Commission Chambers.
