(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Commissioners met with Highway  Superintendent Chris Rauner Tuesday to discuss the Burchard Lake Road project. 

The County has committed to paying half of the projected cost of approximately $600-thousand.  The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has offered to pay $265-thousand toward the project plus a portion of the engineering costs which are not currently known. 

Since the last Board meeting, Rauner noted the estimate for the road project has been reduced to approximately $500-thousand.  

Rauner will be contacting the Department of Transportation to confirm the Pawnee County commitment to pay one-half of the project up to $300-thousand,  and ask that a Department of Transportation representative attend the next Pawnee County Board meeting  to discuss the project.