NEWS
City crews tackle 9 water line breaks through the weekend
By BARBARA GREEN
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City of Bowie water and street crews were working virtually non-stop throughout the weekend dealing with major water line breaks across the city, one resulting in a partial water boil order expected to run until Thursday.
Public Works Director Stony Lowrance said drought conditions are causing major ground shifts, which move waterlines and for some of the older castiron pipes a small movement can create a major break. All of these breaks were on castiron
The first of nine major line breaks were seen in Saturday’s Bowie News when a 12-inch line cracked at Pecan and Mason on Aug. 10. That section of the street has been closed as they wait to make sure the repair holds and work with the Texas Department of Transportation on repairs to its Farm-to-Market Road 1816 (Pecan).
The next day another leak came to the surface also on Pecan and Mason, but in the intersection on the east side of Mason. It was an eight-inch castiron water line. Repairs began on this Saturday and it was only the beginning of a series of major breaks.
Next was an eight-inch break at Tarrant and Cooper, followed by a line repair and hydrant replacement in the 1300 block of Mill and State Highway 59. Lowrance said there was a crack in the line where it goes into the fire hydrant, so they just repaired both. When this line was shut down it resulted in a boil order for this area north of the break.
A test was run Monday and set to Wichita Falls, and the partial boil order north out of town was lifted Tuesday afternoon.
There was a six-inch line break on Greenwood and Hwy. 59, that created a 12-foot hole under the road.
Read the full story all the weekend repairs in your mid-week Bowie News.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
A major crash on East Wise in front of the Second Monday parking on July 11 shut down traffic for several hours in the morning and sent two people to the Bowie emergency room.
The accident occurred at 9:53 a.m. Thursday at 1616 E. Wise involving a large sign installation truck and an SUV.
Briana Rollison, Bowie, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition east in the 1600 block of E. Wise and the large truck from Turner Signs System of Richland Hills was traveling west on East Wise driven by Joshua Thompson.
The preliminary accident report states Thompson lost control of the vehicle crossing the double yellow line striking the SUV in front of the Parker Properties and Farm Services Building. The SUV was knocked into the ditch and later made it back on the roadway.
The truck rolled on the passenger side and slid about 50-100 feet west of the incident location. Skid marks from the truck were observed to start approximately 300-350 feet east of the crash location.
See the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Councilors this week got their first look at the 2024-25 proposed budget seeing a balanced plan with a total operational budget of $23,296,885 in expenses, which is a little more than $1.4 million above the previous year’s budget.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris said Monday night the budget looks “eerily familiar” to last year, despite adding a few equipment purchases. City Manager Bert Cunningham said he had already slashed more than $300,000 from the department requests in order to get a balanced budget.
The utility fund is balanced with expenses of $12,595,995 and revenues projected at $12,601,000. In the general fund revenues are projected at $10,705,568 with expenses at $10,700,890. Total budget expenses are $23,296,885 and overall revenue projected at $23,306,568. Cunningham said it leaves a small margin to set forth a balanced budget.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo: New chip and seal was laid on Elba and Lamb this week repairing well-worn roads near the Nelson/Mill drainage project. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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