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Feedlot Road repair sparked by bridge closing
Hays Daily News
A portion of Feedlot Road will get a facelift to fix the chronic flooding that often makes the two-lane chalk road impassable two miles east of Ellis.
The fix-up is called for after a handful of rural residents on Monday protested a vote by the Ellis County Commission to close a bridge on 140th Avenue, which is their only alternative route to Feedlot.
The commissioners voted to close the bridge March 1. Locals showed up at Monday’s regular commission meeting to say that they are forced to travel 140th after even light rains to avoid flooded, muddy Feedlot Road.
Hays Daily News
Ellis County commissioners plan a traffic study to improve safety for drivers on Reservation Road in the southeast part of the county.
The study will look at the need for stop signs and speed limit signs where the two-lane sandy road intersects with side streets.
That decision came during discussion of Big Creek Estates, a new housing subdivision planned for southeast of Hays.
The new development, which won the county’s approval Monday evening, is to the east of the existing Buffalo Hills Addition. It allows for 13 lots.
The development is the first for real estate company Platinum Group LLC, of Hays, led by Adam Pray.