Railroad agreement for Fair Street approved

The Easement Agreement that allows the City of Wellington to enter BNSF property to begin improvements to the Fair Street underpass was approved at the December 15th Council Meeting. Now that the agreement has been accepted and approved by both parties, engineering can begin to correct storm water drainage and street resurfacing.
The storm water drainage is a major project as it involves everything from Fair and 4th Street to Cherry and 1st. Storm water must take two 90 degree turns in it's flow downstream between these two points which is a big factor in the water backup and subsequent flooding of the underpass.
Storm drainage will be examined along Fair Street from 4th to 1st, and a new culvert is planned for the 1st Street Bridge just east of Cherry. Drainage will be corrected to ensure flooding is remedied before the street surface can be repaired.