(KNZA)--A portion of a Brown County road has been closed for a streambank stabilization project.

Brown County Clerk Melissa Gormley said 290th Road has been closed, as of Thursday, from Plum Tree to Nighthawk Roads.

The road will remain closed until further notice.

The streambank stabilization project is set to begin Monday, January 27, weather allowing.

Siebenmorgen Excavating, of rural Robinson, will serve as contractor on the around $83,000 project.

Funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Services Emergency Watershed Protection Program will pay for 75 percent of the project cost. The county will provide a 25 match in the form of in-kind sevices.

The project is scheduled for 30 days.