Heavy rains are taking a toll on the progress for replacing the culverts on County Road 305.
The current culvert replacement project on County Road 305 – just north of the intersection of Clove Avenue and CR 305 – is expected to be completed by the end of October a couple weeks behind schedule. But construction on two additional culverts to be replaced south on CR 305, is temporarily on hold.
The construction of the two culverts will not move forward until the bridge work on Middle Haw Creek Bridge is completed after January 2015. The bridge is two miles north of the intersection of County Roads 305 and 304. The weather has delayed both the culvert and bridge construction and made local detours around the culvert project in Daytona North muddy and at times impassable. A paved detour around the culvert construction is a longer route, but follows paved roads around the construction project.
“We were hoping to minimize the impact by doing the culverts while the bridge was out but the weather has made this difficult,” County Administrator Craig Coffey said. “We have met with the contractor and agreed that future work on the two remaining culverts will be delayed until work on the bridge over Middle Haw Creek (two miles north of the intersection of County Roads 304 and 305) is complete.”
An announcement and information on Flagler County’s Website will be published prior to construction of the two remaining culverts.
Outsider says
I am so glad the county listened to the residents’ concerns. I have written a number of emails to various officials explaining that the proposed detours were inadequate to handle the traffic; some of them were dirt roads one lane wide totally unsuitable for anything other than a four wheel drive vehicle. Delaying the two additional culverts until the bridge reopens will allow people and emergency vehicles access to their homes. Thanks for listening, particularly to Nate McLaughlin and Faith, the Flagler County engineer.