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Fayette culvert project gets grant funds
Two collapsed corrugated metal culverts under Antebellum Way will be replaced with concrete. Courtesy Fayette County
Replacement of two 84-inch culvert pipes under Antebellum Way in Fayette County will get underway now that the Board of Commissioners has approved the funding.
The board voted 5-0 on May 24 to award Pine Valley Concrete Company’s bid of $446,903, which was the lowest of eight bids received. Both of the corrugated metal pipes have collapsed as the result of extensive flooding in December 2015; they will be replaced with 60 linear feet of triple concrete box culverts to bring the structure up to the current 25-year flood prevention standards.
Although funding had been allocated from Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax revenue, the county recently received $532,000 in federal and state hazard mitigation grants for the project.
