§ 69-605. Bridge contracts - Preliminary action.  


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  • Whenever the board of county commissioners shall determine to construct a permanent bridge or culvert, the engineer's estimated cost of which exceeds the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), it shall adopt a resolution of necessity, containing substantially the following matters, to wit:

    (a) The location of such bridge or culvert, which location shall be so plainly pointed out that the same can easily be determined.

    (b) The material of which such bridge or culvert is to be constructed.

    (c) The approximate width of the roadway and depth of fill, if any, over the crown or floor of the bridge or culvert.

    (d) The approximate length of span or arch of the bridge or culvert.

    (e) The approximate area of the watershed to be drained through the bridge or culvert.

    (f) The estimated cost of the bridge or culvert.

Laws 1968, c. 415, § 605, operative July 1, 1968; Laws 1979, c. 92, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1979.