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State private-roads and bridge program has nearly 1,000 submittals; county says permanent work will take years
Summary
County staff reported 994 total project submissions to the state—s private roads and bridges program, representing 194 unique projects after duplicates; officials said the state—s permanent repairs are prioritized for emergency access and that the multi-year program will focus on resilient fixes.
Buncombe County staff briefed commissioners on Sept. 16 about the North Carolina private-roads and bridge program, which county staff said had received 994 total submissions from the community and roughly 194 unique projects after accounting for duplicate applications on the same structure.
"What that means is you have maybe a bridge in a community or neighborhood where multiple houses have been affected, multiple applications on that same project," said Brad Hughes, who presented the update on the state-managed program.…
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