Though the Custer County area received much needed rainfall, flooding led to many damaged roads which could cause Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster to distribute federal funds for the county.
District 2 Commissioner Bruce Walker gave his current evaluation of the damage.
“We had water on top of a lot of roads. We had a tinhorn fail along East 1040 Road south of Weatherford and it is the longest tinhorn I have ever had. I’ve got the pipe ordered and that road is a priority because it is a hightraffic road,” Walker said.
District 3 Commissioner Lyle Miller gave an update on his damage assessments.
“My flood damage is not near as bad as we thought it was going to be and considering the amount of rainfall, we’re in pretty good shape,” Miller said.
District 1 Commissioner Wade Anders gave an update of the damage in his coverage area.
“The first 13-14 inches we held up pretty good, but during the last four inches it did some pretty good damage and took a dam out. We had several dams run over and that flooding did some damage as well. I have a lot of damage and my guys are working on it. We lost two tinhorns and we have got the roads back to being passable with temporary fixes,” Anders said.
For the county to receive funds to help pay for the road damage, it must meet state and county damage requirements. For the state damages must be at least $3.5 million worth of damage. For the county damages must meet $105,000 worth of damage.
The commissioners currently still are assessing the damage.