Bridge faces wetlands challenge

If Marshall County is to get funding for the bridge replacement on Old Highway 7 South below Waterford, the board of supervisors will have to find a way to mitigate wetlands that may be threatened on the east side of the highway, according to engineer Larry Britt.

He told the board of supervisors January 8 that the Local System Bridge Replacement funds cannot be tapped unless some agency can guarantee the wetland will be maintained.

“We’ll have to find some place in the county to create some wetlands or purchase some, otherwise we’ll never get that project off the ground,” he said.

The segment of Highway 7 South is the main watershed for spring water runoff from Wall Doxey State Park and provides wetland habitat for wildlife that thrives in cypress swamps.

County administrator Larry Hall suggested that some wetland could be set aside in Coldwater bottom through agreement with the Audubon Society.

prepared to spend the better part of last week in Jackson meeting with the legislators in Mid-Winter Conference.
approved travel expenditures for the chancery clerk, the justice court clerk and employees and the circuit clerk to attend winter workshops.
heard a discussion of the redesign of the Miller building on the downtown Holly Springs square for court space.
- Judges and clerks will meet this week to discuss the needs and their vision of how the space will be designed, he said.
- The upstairs area is likely to be used to store voting equipment which will free up the room currently used at the courthouse for use as witness rooms and attorney client conferences, he said.
discussed a purchase agreement for six new dump trucks and three tractor truck rigs.
heard a report from Hall that recent rainstorms have created some minor erosion problems throughout the county with work crews concentrating this winter on dressing up the shoulders of roads in the districts.

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