Linn will bill Marion marathon about $840 for road-closure on County Home Road

Linn County estimates that it will bill the Marion Rotary Marathon for Shoes about $840 to provide signs and help place them on County Home Road and take them down as part of Sunday's running and walking event.

The first-annual Marion marathon will require the closing of County Home Road in Linn County from Alburnett Road east to 10th Street and east to Lucore Road for the race's first hour or two and require County Home Road to remain closed from Alburnett Road to 10th Street from the start to the end of the event, 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, Steve Gannon, the Linn County engineer, estimated the cost at $840 to rent the county's road-closed signs, get them to the right spots on County Home Road, have a county superintendent review how volunteers place the signs and get the signs picked up on Monday.

Cody Crawford, the race director and Marion City Council member, said on Tuesday that the event expected to pick up the county's cost.

Linn County Supervisor Brent Oleson suggested to Crawford that the race apply for a grant from the county next year to see if race can secure money to cover the road closure.