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Published on: 6/21/2006
Last Visited: 6/22/2006
"The district was aware that the culvert needed replacing and they we were in the process of getting the work done ... there was a budget in place for it and it was amongst the list of priorities when I started," says Mick Thiessen, the new operations manager for the District of Kent.Mick started on June 5.
Although the collapse of the culvert was not a surprise for the district it was not expected to give way this soon.The culvert suffered a partial collapse late Saturday night resulting in the sudden settlement of the road surface by approximately 1.5 ft. Before the road could be closed two vehicles did drive over the section of road that may have resulted in some damage to the vehicle.
Although the collapse resulted in the sudden settlement of the road bed water flow is still being maintained by the culvert."We are monitoring the culvert and the flow to ensure that it does not create potential concerns, including flooding," says Mick.
Reports from consultants hired earlier this year to do a study on the condition of the culvert reported that the overall condition of the it was poor."The average life span of a culvert is between 20-25 years and this culvert had definitely outlived its life span," says Mick.
"There is a detour route which is nice.The key issue is we want to make sure it is safe and that milk trucks and emergency vehicles have access to these places," says Mick.
Currently, the District of Kent is in the process of putting out a draft request for proposals for engineering consultants (as there are environment and geo-tech issues)."We are looking at work getting started on it in two months and in the mean time we are looking at the different types of culverts that we could use," says Mick.
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