3 large road culverts to be set

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From left, Granville Town Board members Jim Bradt and Tom Cosey, supervisor Matt Hicks and board members Matt Rathbun and Ken Quick were informed of recent updates with the replacement of culverts in the town of Granville on Aug. 11.

In his monthly report to the Granville Town Board, Town Highway Department superintendent Scott Taylor reminded the board of an upcoming infrastructure project funded by Washington County.

Three Granville roads, County Route 24 (North Street in the village of Granville), Taylor Hill Road and Guilder Hollow Road, are slated to have large-scale culvert replacements following the acceptance of a $508,000 grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) retrieved with assistance from the Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board in February.

Taylor explained the importance of culverts and why the three in Granville are being upgraded.

“Culverts divert water away from the roads. The culverts that are being replaced are rotted out and are caving in,” Taylor said.

Taylor’s Aug. 11 report to the board included updated information on the project, including the reception of the gigantic “squash tubing” that will replace two already large tubes on Taylor Hill Road. He said the tube for Guilder Hollow Road has been ordered and should be arriving this year.

“Starting next week (week of Aug. 15), last Thursday (Aug. 4), we finally got our letter from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to start the project on Taylor Hill,” Taylor said. “We’re going to start building a platform in that field on the left hand side right at the bottom of the hill at Cosey’s field. Them two tubes are coming out and we’re going to put one in it.”

Taylor said the platform will be 100-feet by 50-feet on the approved Cosey property and the town will receive assistance from the county in placing the tubing in the correct spot.

One snafu that could arise is a telephone wire that is located on both sides of Taylor Hill Road.

“There’s a telephone wire on both sides of the road, that’s the crappy part because we’ve got to pick it up, with the cable get it started and get it unhooked from the phone line,” he said.

Taylor anticipates Taylor Hill Road to be closed for only two days once the county delivers the tubing to the town. The detour road will be Searles Road.

“It’s all paid for through the grant. It’s $75,000 for the Taylor Hill one and it’s $50,000 I think for the Guilder Hollow tube,” Taylor said.