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Residents urge improved road maintenance as commission adopts annual road list
Summary
Public commenters described hazardous potholes, lack of snow removal and long-unsealed chip-and-seal roads. The commission adopted the county's annual road list and asked the road superintendent to verify surface-type classifications and missing road names on the posted list.
Residents and commissioners at the Feb. 24 Hawkins County Board of Commissioners meeting raised concerns about poor road conditions, and the commission approved the county's annual road-list resolution while directing staff to correct identified errors.
During the public-comment period Robin Barnett, a District 6 resident who identified herself as a nurse, described repeated safety problems on local roads and said maintenance was inconsistent. "The excessive potholes and complete absence of snow removal on many of the county roads," Barnett said, "They are chip and…
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