BROOKHAVEN — Lincoln County Engineer Ryan Holmes updated the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors on school traffic control signs and infrastructure projects Wednesday morning. Supervisors met for a regularly scheduled docket meeting and got an early engineering report. 

Holmes said he spoke with Mark Thomas at Mississippi Department of Transportation about school traffic control lights. The lights are on the roads by the county schools to remind drivers to slow down when children are present. 

Lincoln County School District asked the board of supervisors to take over the school control signs. The board discussed the issue at a Feb. 6 meeting. On Feb. 13, supervisors discussed options for the school traffic control signs including asking MDOT to take them on if they were on state highways. 

Holmes said Thomas hasn’t gotten back to him yet. 

“He said they could buy them for you and then you would have to put them up on the side roads,” Holmes said. “On the highways they would install.” 

Over in District 1, Holmes told supervisor Jerry Wilson they will look at certain roads and traffic usage in the county. The County Farm Road is getting more traffic than it did so Holmes will ask MDOT for options to change the classification of the road. A change in classification could help the road get additional funding. 

“It would be a blessing,” Wilson said. 

Drainage issues

District 2 Supervisor Keith Lewis gave an update on some drainage issues at the Lincoln Civic Center. He said a ditch on the backside of the batting cages is having some issues. The area needs concrete poured around the drain. 

“Kids will go back in there and play and we are afraid they might fall in,” Lewis said. “They also have an issue between the arena and the main building with a washout. It affects the driveway and ground.” 

He said Kelly Construction gave an estimated cost of $1,055 to do the projects including labor and materials. Greenbrier gave an estimate of $6,000.

Lincoln County Administrator Daniel Calcote said the Civic Center should have room in their budget to pay for the projects. 

Further up the road, Holmes said a drainage issue on Lake Lincoln Road is in the process of being fixed. At a Feb. 20 Supervisors meeting, Holmes told the board he was able to meet with MDWFP and get to work on fixing the drainage issues. He reported at the meeting the lake levels at Lake Lincoln had not risen since 2017. Low lying areas of the road are prone to flooding when there is substantial rainfall. 

Holmes said they are working on the surveys needed before they can start an evaluation and go to the state with remedies for the situation. Surveyors will need to conduct a lidar survey and boundary survey to figure out the property corners at the lake.