COUNTY ROADS INFRASTRUCTURE AGING

WOODBURY COUNTY SUPERVISORS GOT AN OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY'S RURAL BRIDGES AND ROADS TUESDAY....AND WERE TOLD THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING.

COUNTY ENGINEER MARK NAHRA SAYS OF 317 BRIDGES, 69 HAVE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OF LIFE LEFT IN THEM.

ONE BRIDGE ON 220TH STREET IS OVER 90 YEARS OLD.

SOME ROADS ARE IN A SIMILAR STATE. CORRECTIONVILLE ROAD WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1921 AS OLD HIGHWAY 20.

NAHRA SAYS MORE MONEY IS NEEDED TO FIX UP THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.