Earlier this week, the Greene County Board of Supervisors approved the five-year construction program for the secondary roads department.

Three projects are planned for the 2016 fiscal year.  A bridge deck replacement project will take place on the Raccoon River Bridge on County Road N-65.  The $1.7 million project will be funded with federal aid money for a total of $1,360,000 and $340,000 from the County’s Farm-to-Market funds.  The second project is to pave ¾-mile on Trinity Avenue around the new Bauer Built facility in Paton.  $375,000 of local money will be combined with $425,000 through the Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy grant.  The final 2016 fiscal year construction project will be overlaying pavement on County Road N-65 from E-39 to the Greene and Calhoun County line.  That project will be paid with Farm-to-Market funds for a total of $1,666,000.

Only one project is scheduled for 2017.  It is a $450,000 bridge replacement on County Road E-39.  Funds from Farm-to-Market will be used to pay for that project.

Two projects are on the docket for 2018.  Another bridge replacement project will happen over Hardin Creek at Parkland Avenue.  The $420,000 project will be paid for through Farm-to-Market and federal aid monies.  An additional $1 million in Farm-to-Market funds will also be used to do various pavement patching projects around the County.

A $2,011,000 project is scheduled for 2019.  Farm-to-Market funds will be used to pay to resurface and widen the road on County Road E-57 from P-14 to Iowa Highway 4.

The last three projects are planned for 2020.  A $400,000 project is to replace the road on County Road E-63 over Greenbriar Creek.  $80,000 will be used from Farm-to-Market and $320,000 from federal aid monies.  The last one is for several pavement patching projects around the County that will cost $500,000 with money to come from Farm-to-Market.

All projects will cost a total of $10,147,000.