Flooding has subsided in Greene County for the most part, but created quite a headache for parts of the county.

The county gravel roads were hit especially hard with water running over the roadways and flooding out parts, making travel impossible in various areas. It also forced school buses to run on hard surfaces for the majority of the week prior to spring break. County Engineer Wade Weiss says the flooding events were unprecedented in his 26 years as county engineer. He describes how the floods impacted the gravel roads.

“We had severe rutting and conditions where mud had come up through the gravel road causing a lot of issues for everyone. But we’re back in our normal spring routine. We hauled about 10,000 tons of rock. For the most part I think everything is back to normal spring conditions which isn’t perfect but better than (where we) were a couple of weeks ago.”

He adds the secondary road crews used draggers on trucks to smooth out and apply the rock material to the 750 miles of gravel roads for about a week after the flooding events occurred. Weiss appreciates everyone’s patience while crews worked to improve gravel roads in the county.