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Commissioners discuss recent paving damage, wheel-tax debate and broadband right‑of‑way concerns
Summary
Jefferson County officials reported recent paving work and a damaged pavement incident, discussed the state wheel‑tax and purchasing ordinances, and raised safety and permit concerns about broadband crews and buried manholes; no formal policy changes were adopted at the meeting.
A county commissioner provided an update on June 5 about recent paving projects and a damage incident after new asphalt was placed on Bacon Ridge Road, and used a recent transportation conference to raise questions about a proposed wheel tax and purchasing ordinances.
“After the paving at the intersection of Diamond And Bacon, we had a tandem axle truck that was fully loaded go through the fresh asphalt…destroyed the whole curve in there, killing our pavement about 2 inches deep of tire tracks,” the commissioner said, and added that the paving contractor returned to patch the damage but the…
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