Flood ‘emergency’ allows county to do road repairs

Posted on September 5, 2018

County commissioners called a special meeting Saturday, Sept. 1, at 1 p.m. to declare a “state of emergency” and authorize county workers to perform work in various areas — including private property — to alleviate widespread flooding issues experienced by local homeowners.

According to County Administrator Ted Lakey, higher-than-normal and heavy rainfall over the past several weeks has raised the water table and resulted in “many areas of the county being flooded.”

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