I-Team follow-up: New bridge underway for neighborhood cut off by flooding

A rural, heavily wooded community near Peebles that is routinely cut off when its only bridge floods is finally getting a new bridge after 30 years of complaints.Crews began work on the new bridge over Scioto Brush Creek a few weeks ago, after the WCPO 9 I-Team reported on the issue last May and brought concerns to Adams County Engineer Lee Pertuset.Im really happy that we contacted you guys and Im really happy that we finally got some movement from the county to do what they should have been doing all along, said resident Jim Daniel. This is the only way in and out of this valley. You cant get out any other way. They cant even land a helicopter back here if somebody is in a medical emergency.The low-water bridge is the only way to reach the homes of 15 to 20 residents, who live on Coffee Hollow and Saylor roads bordering the Brush Creek State Forest in Franklin Township. It floods up to 20 times a year.Watch: Finally above water Finally Above WaterBasically, it floods anywhere from f