South Hutchinson’s new city administrator asked the Reno County Commission Tuesday to pick up at least half the cost of replacing a bridge on Scott Boulevard that he contends is the county’s responsibility and whose closure to heavy county trucks is damaging city streets. Joseph Turner, who appeared before the commission during its public comment session, argued that the assumption that the city became responsible for the bridge due to a 1986 annexation of land or a 2012 unwritten agreement were questionable. However, the county commission declined to immediately take up the issue, with two of three commissioners contending county staff first needs to research it. … Turner, who has been on the job a little over a month, said the county’s detoured public works traffic has resulted in over a dozen waterline breaks and “serious damage to roadways.” “When I got here, I was told the bridge was the City of South Hutchinson’s responsibility to replace, but when I started looking at maps, it appeared the bridge is not in the city limits,” he said. “That put me on a path to investigate.”
Source: Hutch News.
