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Road Advisory Minutes--March 15, 2004 1 ROAD ADVISORY COMMITTEE MARCH 15, 2004--2:05 PM MEETING TO ORDER Commissioner Scott Wagner, Highway Department Portfolio Commissioner, called a meeting of the Road Advisory Committee to order at 2:05 PM on Monday, March 15, 2004, in the Commission Room, Cass County Courthouse. Members were present as follows: Robyn Sorum, Vern Bennett, Darrell Vanyo, John Meyer, Scott Wagner, Keith Berndt, Rich Sieg, Jurgen Suhr and Dennis Rust. Mark Johnson was absent. 2004 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT UPDATE Mr. Berndt gave a presentation on the upcoming construction season that includes replacement of a bridge on Cass County Highway 20 and Clay County Highway 22; overlay projects on sections of Highways 6, 18, 25, 26, 2, 32 and 34; and seal coats on various highways. Originally, the 64th Avenue South bridge was to be replaced in 2004; however, the project has been deferred until 2005 due to right-of-way appraisal issues. The bridge replacement on Cass 20/Clay 22 will be a two-year project and alternate routes that will be available are the Broadway bridge for residential vehicles and the Highway 22 bridge for truck traffic. Mr. Berndt also noted that re-shaping of County Highway 12 will be done between Highway 38 and Highway 1 in Hill Township. SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS, To be effective March 16, 2004 Mr. Berndt said spring load restrictions are scheduled for consideration on today's County Commission agenda and if approved, will be effective tomorrow, March 16th. He distributed a map showing county roads and what class they will be during the restriction period, which he anticipates will last into the middle of May. Mr. Berndt discussed raising the gross vehicle weight if the county could control the axle loading. He plans to bring this item to the commission for consideration within the next year. A 20-minute video will be shown at the end of today's meeting on load restrictions. OTHER BUSINESS, County Road 16 discussed Darrell Discher and Kevin Mattson were present to discuss their concerns about County Road 16 west of Davenport. They have attended Road Advisory meetings in the past to discuss this item. Mr. Discher asked if the county plans to pave this road. Mr. Berndt is not recommending this stretch of read be paved in the near future. Mr. Wagner said currently the county is not expanding the paved road system. Mr. Berndt discussed improving the ditches, which could be considered in 2005. Mr. Discher said several years ago, the first three miles were re-shaped with the promise of paving the rest of the road. He feels the dikes along County Road 16, especially on the north side of the road, are a safety issue. At certain times in the spring, water flows over County Road 16 because of this dike.