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Highway Department <br /> <br /> Telephone: 701-298-2370 <br /> Fax: 701-298-2395 <br /> SMB-HWY@casscountynd.gov <br />1201 Main Ave W, West Fargo, ND 58078 | www.casscountynd.gov <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM TO: Flood Sales Tax Committee <br /> <br />FROM: Jason Benson, County Engineer DATE: October 16, 2023 <br />SUBJECT: Rochester & Page Townships - Slope Erosion Repair Project <br /> Attached are the Flood Sales Tax application documents for Rochester & Page Townships - Slope Erosion Repair Project. <br /> <br />Tom Soucy met with township officials this spring to discuss repair options. This closed basin continues to cause issues for the township when the water is high. Wind creates waves thus eroding the slopes. The solution is to widen the road top, flatten and armor the inslopes, with rock and install a culvert to equalize the water on both sides of the road, along to adding <br />additional gravel stabilize the road surface. <br /> Below are the townships’ comments discussing the issue in more detail. This is a shared township road between the townships of Page and Rochester. It is located 1.25 <br />miles north of the intersection of State Highway 38 and 138th Ave SE, or 1.25 miles north of the <br />Page Cemetery. It is a low basin with no easy way to drain the water. Depending on rainfall and snow melt, it grows to the depth of about four feet + and has overtaken the road at various times. The road has been raised at least twice since 1992. The wet years we have experienced since 1992 has caused the water to rise. The road in this area is very narrow. The wind and wildlife <br />has caused the water to erode the edges of the road. In the spring of 2023, the road shoulders <br />have given away enough we had to raise it again with clay and gravel. What we did helped to make the road passable, but the problem persists. When it was raised in 2023 the road became narrower and more dangerous. Two cars cannot meet on that stretch of the road. Wide farm equipment is at risk of sliding into the ditch. What needs to happen is the roadsides need to be <br />stabilized by widening it by about three feet on each side with rock, clay and gravel. There also <br />needs to be a culvert placed there to equalize the water level on each side of the road. SUGGESTED MOTION: MOVE TO APPROVE THE ROCHESTER & PAGE TWPS $70,000 FLOOD SALES <br />PROJECT AT THE 75% LEVEL FOR $52,500. <br /> <br />J:\Admin-Eng\FLOOD\Flood Sales Tax Funding\Rochester Page Twp\Flood Sales Tax Memo Rochester Page Twp 101523.docx