With an eye towards maintaining and improving infrastructure in the county’s highway system into the future, bridges dominated much of Tuesday night’s Yankton County Commission meeting.
Commissioners approved applying for a Bridge Improvement Grant for a project to replace the Stone Church Bridge which if awarded, could see that project get underway as soon as 2023.
Inspections of bridges on the James River revealed continued damage on all of the structures including new cracks on the Johnson Bridge which was attributed to overweight vehicles.
Commission Chair Cheri Loest says with the number of county bridges that are in need of serious repair decreasing over the past several years, progress on infrastructure needs is being made but added that two of the bridges still in need of significant overhaul are James River bridges.
