Officials estimate $5M in county road damage from spring flooding
NORWICH – Director of Public Works Randy Gibbon and Emergency Management coordinator Matt Beckwith spoke to Chenango supervisors Monday about repairing the damage done by this year’s April and June floods.
According to Gibbon, county roads sustained around $2.5 million worth of damage in April and another $2.5 million in June. However, according to Gibbon, the county-wide costs of the storm are not enough to be a federally-declared statewide disaster. “Local municipalities will have to absorb that funding themselves,” he said.
Gibbon went on to explain there would be funds coming in for the April storm alone. Approximately 87.5 percent of the repair costs will be covered with 75 percent coming from the federal level and 12.5 percent from the state level. The other 12.5 percent will have to be covered by a local share.
“It doesn’t take much to wipe out a surplus,” said Gibbon. “We have the equipment and labor, but we don’t have the money to pay for the materials.”
In order to reduce the costs of the damage, proceedings have begun to abandon Red Mill Hill Road in Norwich, which was damaged in the April flood. Abandonment of this road and bridge would save the county nearly $1 million. There was also a movement made at the meeting to begin abandonment procedures for Morgan Hill Road in Afton, which was damaged in the June flood. The state estimated the repair cost of Morgan Hill Road to be around $650,000.
“It makes sense to me,” said Afton Supervisor Robert Briggs. The motion passed, but according to Gibbon the process will take some time.
A majority of the repairs from the April flood have been completed, Gibbon said, however some ditches and shoulders are still washed out. According to the DPW chief, most crosspipes in the area are built for 10 year storms and most bridges are built for 100 year storms.
“We’ve had the 100 year storm five times since 2006,” he reported. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be setting up meetings with local municipalities over the next week to discuss damage reports. Gibbon reported that all reconstruction has to be finished before the county can be reimbursed for the repairs.
Barton and Loguidice, a contracting firm out of Syracuse, has been brought in to do repairs. “They were already doing other work for us, so it was just easier for them to get involved in some of the design work,” Gibbon said.
When asked how long repairs would take Gibbon reported, “It could be three or four months, it could be more like six. It’s just tough to say right now.”
According to Gibbon, county roads sustained around $2.5 million worth of damage in April and another $2.5 million in June. However, according to Gibbon, the county-wide costs of the storm are not enough to be a federally-declared statewide disaster. “Local municipalities will have to absorb that funding themselves,” he said.
Gibbon went on to explain there would be funds coming in for the April storm alone. Approximately 87.5 percent of the repair costs will be covered with 75 percent coming from the federal level and 12.5 percent from the state level. The other 12.5 percent will have to be covered by a local share.
“It doesn’t take much to wipe out a surplus,” said Gibbon. “We have the equipment and labor, but we don’t have the money to pay for the materials.”
In order to reduce the costs of the damage, proceedings have begun to abandon Red Mill Hill Road in Norwich, which was damaged in the April flood. Abandonment of this road and bridge would save the county nearly $1 million. There was also a movement made at the meeting to begin abandonment procedures for Morgan Hill Road in Afton, which was damaged in the June flood. The state estimated the repair cost of Morgan Hill Road to be around $650,000.
“It makes sense to me,” said Afton Supervisor Robert Briggs. The motion passed, but according to Gibbon the process will take some time.
A majority of the repairs from the April flood have been completed, Gibbon said, however some ditches and shoulders are still washed out. According to the DPW chief, most crosspipes in the area are built for 10 year storms and most bridges are built for 100 year storms.
“We’ve had the 100 year storm five times since 2006,” he reported. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be setting up meetings with local municipalities over the next week to discuss damage reports. Gibbon reported that all reconstruction has to be finished before the county can be reimbursed for the repairs.
Barton and Loguidice, a contracting firm out of Syracuse, has been brought in to do repairs. “They were already doing other work for us, so it was just easier for them to get involved in some of the design work,” Gibbon said.
When asked how long repairs would take Gibbon reported, “It could be three or four months, it could be more like six. It’s just tough to say right now.”
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