Stutsman County approves gravel, culverts for rural Medina access road
Stutsman County put up to $21,300 toward gravel and four culverts on a Medina-area access road, but Peterson Township still has to approve the deal.
Stutsman County commissioners voted 4-1 to provide up to $21,300 for gravel and four culverts on the county’s share of an access road northwest of Medina, with Commissioner Amanda Hastings casting the lone vote against the measure. The county approved the money Thursday, June 18, but the project still depended on Peterson Township signing off on an agreement before work could move ahead.
The road is tied to 35th Street SE, a one-and-a-half-mile section-line access route northwest of Medina that drew county attention last year after recurring high water closed County Road 39. That closure left nearby property owners without regular access and raised safety and liability concerns that county officials had already been forced to address in December 2025, when they unanimously approved a contingency winter snow-removal plan for the road.
The new gravel-and-culvert payment is aimed at the county’s portion of the route, which is jointly owned by Kidder County and Stutsman County along with two townships. The culverts and gravel are intended to improve the access road itself, but residents and landowners will not see the change until Peterson Township approves the agreement and the county can move forward.
The vote came before the full Stutsman County Commission, one of five at-large commissioners who govern the county from the Stutsman County Courthouse in Jamestown. The commission meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 511 2nd Ave. SE.
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