
Three months after Hurricane Milton brought heavy rains and washed out parts of two well-traveled roads in Orange City, city officials are working on getting them restored for traffic.
Monastery Road, which links Veterans Memorial Parkway and Graves Avenue, and Threadgill Road, which connects Harley Strickland and Saxon boulevards, remain barricaded.
“We had a meeting with our consultants,” Orange City Engineer John Peters said, adding that the city is working to secure grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair the roads.
Large portions of pavement and the ground supporting it gave way to surging waters during the storm.
“When the plans are 60-percent complete, then we can apply to FEMA,” Peters told The Beacon.
Peters also said he hopes Orange City can solicit bids from contractors wishing to rebuild the damaged portions of Monastery and Threadgill roads in March. Cost estimates are not yet available for either road.
“I think construction will be pretty quick,” he added.
As well as the damage to the roadways themselves, Peters said other infrastructure awaits repair or reconstruction, especially along Threadgill.
“Utilities out there are water, force-main [sewer], gas and telephone,” he noted.
Peters said he hopes the roads will be reopened to normal usage in the summer.