Cass County Engineer Charles Marker provided the County Board of Supervisors with an update on secondary road and bridge projects. He said some shoulder work was conducted by Henningsen Construction of Atlantic, on County Road M-56, where paving was recently completed. Shoulder work is still needed on the Lewis road to Highway 71. Both projects need centerline painting as well, before the work is finished.

Murphy Construction meanwhile, is conducting work on the Research Farm Road bridge crossing the Nishnabotna River. That project is nearly complete, but work has stalled. He says that’s because they’re waiting for a minority sub-contractor to finish the guardrails. Federal law requires the county to have a certain percentage of all projects issued to minority subcontractors, but they are already on other projects, and it’s not clear how soon they will be available.

Marker said also, Gus Construction of Casey is conducting box culvert work on Boston Road, just east of the “Valley.” And, the County road crews are keeping busy working on a bridge south of Highway 92 by Steinbeck Farms, near Griswold. Marker says a new beam was installed underneath the bridge. Steel deck work should be completed next week, followed by the adding of dirt and road rock and the re-opening of the bridge.