HUTCHINSON Kan. — Reno County Commissioners gave approval to a contract for repair work along a portion of 82nd Avenue that was damaged by last year’s flooding.
The board approved the contract with Theis Dozer Service Inc. to make the repairs at a cost of $127,365. Public Works Director Don Brittain said they decided to hire out a contractor for the work because of the large amount of rock and fill dirt that would be needed to make the repairs.
Brittain said that having county crews do that work would take them away from road and bridge projects on the schedule.
The work along 82nd Avenue will take place just east and west of Wilson Road. The prolonged flooding last summer caused a large area along the road to wash away.
Brittain said that despite the flooding along 82nd and Wilson — which happens nearly every year — this is the first time such damage has occurred in that area.