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Supervisors discuss potential bike trail atop Marengo levee
By Susie Turnbull, Special to The Hometown Current
Jun. 5, 2023 8:48 am
Attorney for the Drainage District, Lou McMeen, attended the June 2 Iowa County Supervisors’ meeting to discuss a plan for making a bike trail on top of the existing trail on the levee around Marengo. The trail would run from Highway 212 around to Highway 6. The plan would be to eventually connect with the Amana bike trails.
Barry Goettsch, CEO of Compass Memorial and Marengo resident, told the board they would start a 5013c charity group for the project, and they did not attend for county support, they were just letting them know.
“There is nothing for the county to do right now,” he stated. The current estimate for the project is $231,464.
The winner of the low bid for the roofing project at the CD shed, Yoder Construction, readjusted his bid to include tearing off the old roof down to the plywood and hauling away the shingles for a total of $21,000 which includes a dumpster from S&J and a $95 per ton cost from the landfill for disposal, with an estimate of 25 tons of material. The addition of these costs to the bid didn't change the outcome. Yoder was still the lowest. The other two bids had already included a complete tear-off.
Iowa County Engineer Nick Amelon was back this week with some updates. He told the board they were going to hold off on the purchase of the crack seal machine because the borrowed one they were interested in had broken down a couple of times and there are no other machines for sale in Iowa right now.
Construction on V66 will resume after June 19. Amelon said their late start date is in September of this year so they should still be finished on time.
The office is currently designing a bridge for H Avenue. Initially, they were going to put in a culvert but the sharp turn of the creek at that location would make it difficult. There is also a culvert ordered for L Avenue.
The solar farm update, which was on the agenda, was postponed until next week at 10:30 during the regular Friday meeting. They were unable to attend the June 2 meeting.
