Commissioners told culvert on Warren Woods Road will take weeks to replace; county erosion-control funds may be tapped

A board member updated commissioners on a culvert failure on Warren Woods Road west of Cleveland, saying the culvert is large and must be manufactured, which "has apparently a 4 to 6 week time frame once ordered." The speaker said the repair implicates multiple departments because the culvert is a drain under a road and noted the timeline and funding are the primary challenges.

The speaker said one funding option being considered is to use money from the county’s soil erosion and sedimentation control program, which is presently housed in the drain department but is county money that would require a formal board decision to repurpose. "So that would be a county board decision to use it for that purpose," the speaker said, and told commissioners to expect a future briefing or request if staff pursues that approach. No final funding action was taken at the meeting.