A normal 30-minute job turned into a three-day excavation search for Sedgwick Public Works last week on South Commercial. City maintenance was working on water service installs for the new houses north of the industrial park that Jimmy Sharbutt and his crew are building, but when they dug a hole to connect to the main line, they came up empty. Finally, the missing lines were located across the street from where they were expected. The problem wasn’t with public works but with the city’s map, something Nordick and Administrative Assistant Isaiah Chapman have been working on since last fall anyway. Last year, the city bought a GPS device, including a battery pack, stick, and iPad, to plot the city’s infrastructure and update its current maps.
Source: Harvey County Now
