NEWS
Rain road damage continues to mount; lake closes
After nearly three weeks of rainfall, Montague County road commissioners are scrambling to assess and repair damage all across the county.
Several members of the court said this week, there are still roads under water and they have been unable to assess that damage. All the commissioners have repaired many bridge approaches, only to have them washed away by more rain. Read more about road damage in the weekend News.
On Friday, it also was announced that Lake Bridgeport was closed until further notice due to rising lake waters. All ramps are closed. Lake Amon Carter’s boat ramps also are closed, while Lake Nocona’s ramps are open. See more on this story also in the weekend News.
On Friday the Texas Department of Transportation staff announced the following road information. Farm-to-Market 1806 at Old Bowie Lake IS CLOSED due to more damage on the low water crossing. FM 3206 near Saint Jo is NOW OPEN from road washout. It is open will finish paving when weather will allow.
Pictured above is the collapse of FM 1806 near Old Bowie Lake after heavy rains that fell two weeks ago. TxDOT on Friday announced the road is once again closed due to damage at the low water crossing. (News photo)
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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