Highway department wins INDOT coordination for Kenner Road bridge project; interns present summer work

Charlie McKenzie of the highway department presented an INDOT coordination contract for a federally awarded project to replace the superstructure carrying Kenner Road over Boggo Creek; the contract establishes an 80% reimbursement for the engineering phase. The board approved the contract by voice vote.

McKenzie then introduced summer interns Jensen Long, Abby Schrock and Mary Baumgartner, who summarized field and office work: traffic counts using rubber tubes, paving and construction inspection, point pavement-markings inventory, adopt-a-road reconciliation, drainage-structure measurements and collecting historical bridge-rating data. One intern noted practical field methods: "If you've been driving around the county and seen a pair of rubber tubes out across the road, then that was probably us." Commissioners thanked the interns and praised the program.