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February 19, 2008


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High Winds Damage New County Highway Department

By Lindsey Arnold

Due to gale-force winds around the area Sunday night, it looks as if Carroll County’s Highway Department will remain at their current location on Owens Street in Huntingdon longer than originally anticipated. Last week county commissioners elected to sell the current shop to the Carroll County Electrical Department. Construction of the new building began two months ago with a projected cost of $310,000.

When contractor Johnny Keymon left the site of the future headquarters on Sunday afternoon at four ‘o clock, the structure was standing tall. Arriving Monday morning, workers discovered a distressing scene. Sometime Sunday night, with gusts upwards of 60 mph reported, trusses along the middle of the structure began to bow and eventually broke. Much of the rear and left of the building suffered damage as well.

Right now any further development is on hold until insurance adjusters finish estimating the exact extent of the damage, which Keymon estimated to be about $50,000. An extending forklift, which was parked on the inside of the building and caught some of the wreckage, will have to be removed before the crew can excise all the damaged lumber. He estimated that it will take at least a week to have the site cleared out and ready to proceed with construction as planned.

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