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OCEANA COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION GRANT – FUNDED CROSSING REPLACEMENTS “Oceana’s Eleven”
OCEANA COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION GRANT – FUNDED
CROSSING REPLACEMENTS
“Oceana’s Eleven”
Oceana County Road Commission (OCRC)
In Partnership
with the
White River Watershed Task Force
Road Commission personnel are wise to become educated about the damage caused to hydrologic
ecosystems by storm water runoff, sedimentation, stream and road bank blow-outs, roadway undermining and collapse, all as a result of undersized
culvert design and installation.
During high-water events, a culvert acts like a rifle barrel and the water
moving through it becomes the bullet.
Because of this, engineers should be proactive in thinking about the system
as a whole, and go “bottomless” when designing road crossing
replacements.
Streams and rivers are roads and highways for aquatic and non-
aquatic life.
“Bottomless” and “right-sized” crossings maintain connectivity, allowing fish and wildlife to move
freely and seek out resources necessary for survival.
Johnson Road / Osborn Creek
Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs
Johnson Road / Osborn Creek
Reconnected 2.25 miles of upstream habitat
July 2011 – 20’6” x 7’3” AL Box Culvert
Project Cost$130,818
Grant Funding$33,175
148th Avenue / Osborn Creek
Before – twin 6’ diameter CMPs
148th Avenue / Osborn Creek
August 2011 – 22’1” x 9’3” AL Box Culvert
Project Cost $131,913
Grant Funding $26,800
Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP
Baseline Road / Cobmoosa Creek
September 2011 – 18’ x 6’ Wheeler Timber Deck on Piling
Project Cost $103,316
Grant Funding
$ 104,014
Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 3’ diameter rotted CMP
Fillmore Road / Cobmoosa Creek
July 2012 – 14’ x 6’ Wheeler timber Deck on Piling
Project Cost $104,605
Grant Funding $120,340
Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – Perched 6’ diameter CMP
Pierce Road / Cobmoosa Creek
August 2012 – 20’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber Bridge
Project Cost
$127,319
Grant Funding
$93,618
Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP
Buchanan Road / Cobmoosa Creek
September 2012 – 20’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge
Reconnected 1.57 miles of upstream habitat
Project Cost $112,402
Grant Funding
$136,496
Arthur Road / Carlton Creek
Before – Rotted, Severely Perched 3’ diameter CMP
Arthur Road / Carleton Creek
September 2012 – 14’ x 7’ Wheeler Timber deck on piling
Reconnected 1.5 miles of upstream
habitat
Project Cost $96,829
Grant Funding $85,000
148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek
Before – 6’ diameter CMP
148th Avenue / Cobmoosa Creek
August 2013 – 22’ x 8’ Wheeler Timber Bridge
Reconnected 1.75 miles of upstream habitat
Project Cost $100,687
Grant Funding $90,248
148th Avenue / N Br White River
Before – Triple 77” diameter CMPs – North Tube Plugged
148th Avenue / N B White River
Final culvert section being removed
148th Avenue / N Br White River
September 2013 – 45’ triple-span Wheeler Timber Bridge
Reconnected 3 miles of up- river habitat
Project Cost $255,881
Grant Funding $370,636
176th Avenue / N Branch White River
Current condition – collapsed 10’ diameter round CMP
Upon completion it will reconnect 2 miles of up-river habitat
Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funds from USDA-FS and US F&WS
Cleveland Road / Brayton Creek
Current condition – 66” and 74” perched CMPs
Upon completion it will reconnect 17 miles of upstream habitat
Scheduled for removal in 2014 with funding from GLFT, NFF / Coca-Cola, USDA-FS and US F&WS
Since 2011, the OCRC, in partnership with the WRWTF,
has removed 16 culverts
at nine (9) “Natural River” crossings, with $1,194,313 in grant funding.
Two (2) additional high-profile removals are scheduled for 2014.
White River Watershed Task Force Partners
Sandy Griffin OCRC Clerk-Manager
Lisa DutcherProject Coordinator
