NEWS
Nelson drainage repair may top $3 million
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie City Council voted this week to move forward with seeking bids for the drainage and street repair work in the area of Nelson, Mill, Lamb and Houston.
Mike Tibbetts, president of Hayter Engineering, met with the council Monday night to review what is projected to be more than $3 million repair.
This area is no stranger to flooding and damage as homes along the creek that flows from State Highway 59 east along Nelson, Lamb, Rock and Pillar have experienced water in their homes, as well as street damage. Unprecedented rainfall and no major repairs has only compounded the problems that flow downstream.
The one-block area from Mill East to Lamb has been closed since Aug. 21, 2022 when a section on the northside of the Nelson collapsed following heavy rain that created enough runoff to wash out a portion of Nelson Street and compromised the asphalt.
Read the full story and see a summary of the proposed design in your Saturday Bowie News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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