Residents encouraged to come to the Legion on Thursday, Aug. 25th at 7 p.m.
by Garrick Moritz, Gazette
Regular readers will recall the struggle that Palisades township has had to get the funding secured to repair and resurface the 1.2 miles of road on 485th, often referred to as the Palisade Park Road or the River Ridge Golf Course road. Township officials took their plea all the way to the state legislature to secure the funding, and by some small miracle, they managed to secure it. Recently, as published in this newspaper, they put out bids to have the road fixed. The problem is that all the bids they received were over the budget given them by the state.
“No matter how we look at it, we don’t quite have enough money to get it done,” said Palisades Township Board Chair Oran Sorenson. “We wanted to build a 30-year road, something that was sturdy and would last. We’re so close. Nobody could have anticipated what happened to the markets, with the spike in inflation and costs rising for anything and everything as they have, and well, the bids we received are all just slightly too high. I thank Craig Nussbaum for including a provision that gave us a little more money for the project in case prices went up, but even with that we’re about 80-grand short.”
Sorenson said that there are a few things they can do to make up the difference, such as modifing the project slightly and/or getting a loan for the difference. However, for that the Township Board needs the support of the residents on the issue.
That’s why the Palisades Township board has will host a special meeting on Thursday, August 25th at 7 p.m. at the Garretson American Legion to discuss and act on the final funding for the road project.
So, if you are a resident of Palisade Township, please plan to attend this meeting!
