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Condition of Missouri Flat Road discussed

The Hot Springs County Commissioners met last week for a short meeting before the 4th of July holiday.

Nate Messenger, FBO at the airport, reports 174 total operations at the airport for the month of June, including three air ambulances and nine aircraft that spent the night.

Messenger said traffic was up this month and he expects July to be even better. Avgas sales were over 2,000 gallons and nearly 800 gallons of jet fuel were sold for the month.

The airport had their 5010 inspection from the Wyoming Department of Transportation in June and got ‘dinged’ on a few items. Messenger has already written his reply to the items found, but is really wondering why some of the items are now a problem after the engineers, WYDOT and the FAA had all approved them in the beginning.

Road and Bridge foreman, Dave Schlager spoke with the commissioners regarding some issues on Missouri Flat Road, including a large speed bump and debris on the road.

Schlager said the bentonite trucks in the area are pretty hard on the road and the damage is pretty substantial from marker 1200 on.

He would like to see the asphalt torn up and the road returned to a useable gravel road. A road zipper that pulls up the asphalt runs in the neighborhood of $200,000, but Schlager said there are a number of areas where it could be used.

For now, he will put some signage up to warn about the bump, but feels it would be better to let the trucks compact it down rather than just blade it off since the trucks would actually do a better job of compacting.

Maintenance Director Anthony Fruciano reported things are going fairly smoothly.

The air conditioning has been repaired in the law enforcement center and rather than having to replace the HVAC at the library for $4,000, the company was able to do some work-arounds that only cost $1,200. He is also expecting the HVAC at the Senior Center to be completed by the end of the month.

 

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