(KNZA)--Improvements are planned to several Doniphan County road.

Following discussion, the Doniphan County Commission on Monday approved improvements to portions of three county roads.  

They include the placement of a three-inch asphalt overlay and shoulder rock on 175th Road from the Wathena city limits to Peck Road at a cost of nearly $661,000.  

Placement of a three-inch asphalt overlay and shoulder rock on Elgin Road, south of K-20 Highway to St. Benedict's Road, at a minimum cost of $187,170.

Improvement of a 5 ½ mile stretch of 150th Road from K-7 Highway east to Port William Road at a cost of $10,800 per mile, with the county Road Department performing the work.  The project will include ditch work, build up and rocking of the roadway.  

In other business, the Commission accepted the low bid submitted by Kiefer Excavating, of Wathena, for a culvert replacement project on 140th Road, a half-mile east of Ottumwa Road in the amount of $24,480.  It was among three bids received.  The project is to be completed by April 1st of this year.