Friday, January 22, 2016
Bridges
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30-foot all-steel bridge. The
county is building the project with their own workers for an estimated cost
of $90,000 and estimated
completion date of the end
of January.
The county will also
be working with Reece
Construction to replace a
bridge that is fracture critical meaning if one part of
the bridge breaks the entire
bridge is in danger of collapsing.
The fracture critical
bridge is on County Road B
south of County Road 115
and will be replaced with a
40-foot all-steel bridge. The
project is part of the Kansas
Local Bridge Improvement
Program and has an estimated cost of $200,000 with
KDOT set to reimburse the
county for $120,000 upon
completion.
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“Reece Construction is
working there right now,”
said Woods, who estimated
a completion date in February. “But again it all depends on how the weather
decides to cooperate.”
The Flint Hills Wildlife Reserve is also working with Lyon County to
replace a trio of bridges as
part of the Federal Land Access Program. Two current
concrete culvert bridges on
County Road 110 between
County Roads W and X
will be replaced with precast concrete box culvert
bridges, while a timber culvert bridge on County Road
X south of County Road
110 will be replaced with a
30-foot all-steel bridge.
Total cost for the FLAP
project is estimated at
$919,216 with Lyon County’s share of the costs estimated at $94,922 and an
estimated completion date
set for March.
The final project set
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for 2016 is a repair of two
concrete bridges: One is
located at Lockerman Road
going over the Cottonwood
River, while the other is on
County Road L at the intersection of County Road 290.
Once repairs are complete Mill Valley Construction, the company which
has been contracted for the
project, will apply a polymer deck coating to both
bridges as well as a third
which runs over the Neosho River just west of the
Neosho Rapids and was repaired in the Fall of 2015.
Mill Valley Construction
has not yet begun repairs
and the estimated cost will
be $500,000.
Woods also said there
are four to five more projects the county wishes to
complete in 2016 but the
highway department is still
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waiting on the permits.
For updates on the bridg- A bridge located on County Road X south of County
es, Woods said to call the de- Road 110 is one of eight bridges set to be repaired or
partment office at 340-8220. replaced this year.
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Eight bridges in Lyon County, including one on Road 190 just east of Burlingame
Road, are scheduled for repairs or replacement this year.
United Way
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Reever, who’s been at the
United Way since August
2009, said this is one of
the strongest campaigns
she’s seen in her tenure.
“I have been so surprised and just thrilled by
the seriousness of which
our community members
take the campaign, how
quickly they want to give
and be a part of it,” Reever said. “It’s been amazing
to be a part of it and we’re
so excited by the final
number we are planning
to announce.”
Reever said the community has stepped up to the
plate this year, with an increase in donations across
the board, especially with
the pacesetter companies.
“Our final number
from our pacesetters will
blow people away,” she
said. “They are some of
the best numbers we’ve
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seen. Our Dine United
raised so much more money than they ever have
before. The restaurants
have been so generous on
top of giving us a portion
of their sales. That support has been really amazing. Of course we’ve seen
some dips in some of our
areas as well but it’s been
balanced out so nicely by
other individuals and other businesses.”
About 30 volunteers
are going through applications from the United
Way’s community partners. The United Way
serves about 22 organizations in a year.
“We do everything from
early childhood education
to safety net programs to
legal services to transitional housing,” Reever
said. “So we try to make
sure that we take care of as
many people in our community as possible. Last
year, our community part-
ners served over 11,000
people. That’s how United
Way funding really helps.
“ We h a v e a b o u t
$600,000 in requests for
funding this year so it’s
really important that we
reach that goal so we can
fund as many as possible.
These organizations do
great things for this community. We really do feel
like we stand on their
shoulders. They make the
United Way possible because of their good work.”
Typically, donations to
the United Way come from
payroll deductions and
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