The majority of the work to repair the massive damage to county road infrastructure caused by spring and summer flooding will be done in-house.

This fall representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency reviewed more than 400 sites in the county.

Originally the damage was listed at 102 landslides, 119 bridges washed out and 249 bridges with debris underneath them that could cause damage later on.

Those were consolidated into 187 projects eligible for FEMA, Federal Highway Administration or Natural Resources Conservation funds.

Now the work on 161 projects or 86 percent will be done with county crews.

“We have 16 completed,” County Engineer Doug Cade said. “Our process is we are trying to work in an area and finish an area. That way we will be ready for paving in the spring, to be able to pave those in the spring. Naturally because of the weather we have to modify our schedule to accommodate that.

“We will be working through the winter and all of next year to complete these 43 landslides we need to complete internally.”

The remainder will be contracted out. Among those are landslides on County Roads 6, 7a, 4 and 15.

“They are either too large or too complex for our equipment and manpower to handle,” County Engineer Doug Cade said. “As soon as FEMA grants approval on the projects, we will contract out for an engineering firm for plans, hopefully in January.”