A long delayed project to improve Beadle County Road 15 or the Broadland Road is still in limbo. County Commissioner Rick Benson updated the status of the 394th Avenue rehabilitation during the State of the County Luncheon Thursday. He says work on the Broadland Road has been in the plans since 1998…
State Transportation Improvement Program or STIP funds have been set aside for the project. Because of that, the State Transportation Department is heavily involved…
Wildlife mitigation has put the project back two years and the construction changes requested by the state have increased the cost by one-point-five million dollars…
Benson has little faith conversations Beadle County has had with state officials will do any good…
Benson thinks the county could refurbish 12 miles of the road to the correction line, but depending on bids, they may only be able to repair up to nine miles. County Road 15 is 18 miles long from U-S Highway 14 to South Dakota Highway 28 at the Beadle-Spink County line.