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bothers me; no where in here do you mention culverts and how often the water leaves the ditch. We’d said that our big worry with these roads was erosion and that water flow is the cause of it.” He added that more culverts diverting the water from the ditches would be needed on steeper grades.
LUKE agreed with Miller’s comments. “You’re exactly right. That water has to leave the ditch before it gains much momentum. Otherwise it’ll just dig it out.”
Perhaps drainage and culverts could be handled by the administrative agent, Miller suggested.
“Maybe we could just include a paragraph on how we regard drainage and culverts as important,” Luke said. “Then it could be up to the administrator to see that it’s carried out.
Baumgardner noted that the Subdivision Ordinance requires that. the subdivider has to maintain the road for a year. “If he’s got to maintain it, he’ll find out pretty quick that it needs culverts.”
Newbill Miller said, “I don’t think that alone will do it.” The Planners agreed that Luke and Baumgardner would draft a paragraph on culverts and drainage to be included in the guidelines.
“THIS IS the best set of road criteria Tve seen, including the U. S. Army,” Newbill Miller said.
“You’ve got more than a
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