The pavement on West Jackson St. in Gallatin bulged upward due to a water main rupture around 1 p.m. Feb. 2.
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A witness states that the road buckled up roughly 10-12 inches on Jackson in front of Farmer’s Bank of Northern Missouri with water flowing over the nearby drainage culverts.
Director of Utilities Mark Morey and additional city workers were promptly on scene and began immediate repairs. Restorations were completed around 7 p.m. the same night. Traffic on West Jackson St. was affected from the time of the rupture to the time of completed repairs.
According to City Administrator Lance Rains, the road likely buckled upward due to hydraulic pressure from rushing water from the break. The line was reportedly decades old and displayed signs of fragility due to age.
Lance Rains also reported that 375 Low to Moderate Income Surveys will be mailed to Gallatin residents for completion. If 51% of more than 300 of the returned surveys are considered Low to Moderate Income (153 considered LMI at a minimum), the city may qualify for grants from Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to repair the roads. The survey is good for four years after completion with the goal to begin the street project in a year’s time.
“We’ve already got the financing in place for the cash match,” Rains stated. “We will use $75,000 of our budgeted $145,000 as a payment for a six-year loan that would net Gallatin around $560,000 of cash match. We would use that cash match in our grant application that would get us $500,000.00 in CDBG grant funding for a total project around $1,000,000.00.”
The suggested streets at the top of the list are W. Grand St., Corrine St., Berry St., and Burns St. These do not include currently arranged repairs and seals. More information to come.