Not only do the residents of Marion County say that the roads of the county need work, Marion County Road Engineer Brice Goebel, would agree.
“I’ve only been here (in the position) since June 4. I’ve got tremendous amounts of rainfall, large amounts of very intense amounts that have exacerbated the problem of ditches being full, drainage problems, trees being in there, and just maintenance issues that all need to be addressed. And the rain just came down all over the county. I’ve just been hit everywhere. Mostly up in the north and west part of the county but then all of that water goes south,” said Goebel.
Not only did Goebel come into a newly created position that would have been difficult given the condition of the roads, but he was quickly hit with major flooding in the first 30 days of the job. An already difficult job became almost impossible for him.
(Read more: Hillsboro Free Press)