HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It’s ironic that a railroad grade crossing that was the scene of an accident involving a large dump truck this week will go before Reno County Commissioners for approval of updates to that crossing during Tuesday’s agenda session.

BNSF and the county will seek an agreement for the installation of grade crossing signals at Salem Road. It was Wednesday that a large truck driven by a Hutchinson man struck a westbound BNSF train in the center of the lead locomotive, destroying the truck, but causing only minor injuries to the driver. The crossing currently sports a normal crossbuck warning sign.

Also Tuesday, the board will consider an agreement with WSP-USA Inc. for engineering work for the replacement or renovation of six bridges, including replacing the 43rd Avenue Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad. The other spans on the list include replacing the Arkansas River bridge on Nickerson Road; and the renovation of the Nickerson Boulevard bridge over the Cow Creek Floodway; the Wilson Road/Willowbrook bridge; a bridge on 82nd Avenue over the Blaze Fork Creek; and the Little Arkansas River bridge on Medora Road. Four of those projects are on a list to be paid for with general obligation bonds instead of with the normal bridge mill levy fund. The cost of the engineering services is $463,650.

Tuesday’s meeting of the Reno County Commission begins at 9 a.m. at the Reno County Courthouse.