NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) – Leaders in North Sioux City, South Dakota, continue to focus on flood recovery three months after floodwaters from the Big Sioux River swept homes away in McCook Lake.
The city council held a special meeting Thursday night and discussed the future of the roads in the hardest-hit areas… Northshore Drive and Penrose Drive
They voted on bids for projects to grade and put temporary asphalt on Northshore Drive.
That bid came at a cost of $631,131.
Jon Brown with Stockwell Engineering shared that all the temporary asphalt and grading work on Northshore Drive would be fully covered by the Federal Highway Administration. That agency would also cover the cost of tearing out the temporary asphalt.
“Penrose is limited cause it does not fall under Federal Highways guidelines, so we are under FEMA’s guidelines so anything we do on that street is subject to FEMA’s guidelines, not Federal Highway,” said Jon Brown, with …