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Road Advisory Minutes-July 21, 2008 ROAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE JULY 21,2008-2:00 PM 1. MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Vern Bennett called a meeting of the Road Advisory Committee to order at 2:00 PM on Monday July 21, 2008, in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. Members were present as follows: Vern Bennett, Ken Pawluk, Scott Wagner, Darrell Vanyo, Keith Berndt, Robyn Sorum, Rich Sieg, Jurgen Suhr and Mark Johnson. Scott Saewert was absent. 2. 2008 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PROGRESS REVIEW, Discussion Mr. Berndt distributed an updated map detailing the construction projects underway for 2008 and proposed projects for 2009. Mr. Berndt reported the two largest projects for 2008 are the Cass County 17 and Cass County 10 projects. Construction is in progress on the roundabout on Cass 17. Work is moving ahead to widen the roadway for turning lanes. The downtown area in the City of Horace is closed to through traffic as pavement has been removed for the installation of curbing and a concrete roadway. Cass County purchased a barn from Mr. Martin to allow for roadway expansion. A house and fence on the property will remain as they stand. Within the next three weeks three legs of the roundabout should be finished and ready for use. The east bound leg will need additional time to allow for construction work on the bridge. Cass 17 north of Horace will be closed for approximately two weeks for construction and Cass 17 south of Horace will be shut down for one day for pipe replacement. Work on Cass County 10 is progressing. Construction was halted on Friday extending through the weekend as the result of a fatal construction accident. Weather permitting the project should be completed in approximately one week. The Perley Bridge project is on schedule. A project to add turn lanes to Cass County 10 west of Casselton at the intersection with Cass County 23 will begin and take approximately six weeks to complete. 3. POTENTIAL 2009 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, Discussion Mr. Berndt is working on the 2009 construction budget. One project is an 8 mile section of Cass County 4. Two options were outlined the first being asphalt overlay with a projected cost of $200,000 per mile. Asphalt has a 20 year life and would require two chip seal coats during that time with a projected cost of $25,000 per mile per chip seal. The other option is white topping in which a five inch layer of concrete is placed over the existing asphalt. This method is projected to cost $300,000 per mile, however; the concrete would last 30 to 40 years and is a one time investment. Mr. Berndt said the federal aid is capped so additional federal dollars would not be possible. He will provide recommendations on projects and funding sources during the budgeting process. Additional 2009 projects may include some construction on Cass County 26. Funding for bridge construction and maintenance needs to be addressed as well. Following bridge inspections, 25 bridges were rated as code 3. Maintanenance has been performed on some of the bridges so the list is now smaller, however issues exist.