NEWS
Road work to begin Monday in Clay County
| Barricades and traffic control will go up Feb. 24 to replace two bridges on U.S. Highway 287 in Clay County. The structures are located on the Northbound lanes of US 287 between Henrietta and Bellevue at the East Fork of the Little Wichita River. The river is just North of the Triangle Brick Company. Both bridges are positioned end to end to make the crossings of the Little Wichita and an adjacent tributary. The contract for $3.4 million will take one year to build. The contractor is CDM Holdings out of the Texarkana area. Once traffic control is in place, Northbound US 287 will be reduced to 1 lane in the immediate area of the project. The speed limit will also be lowered for the 1-mile long construction zone. This speed limit will be enforceable by DPS and the Sheriff. Traffic fines will be doubled when workers are present. Width restrictions will also be in place for oversized loads. Construction will be done in phases. Both bridges will be demolished and rebuilt one half-side at a time. Once the first halves of both structures are complete, traffic will be moved over to the new bridges. Crews will then demo and rebuild the second halves of the bridges. The start of this project is dependent on the weather. The project will be delayed if rain moves into the area. |
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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