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Fulton County weighs repair vs. replacement for aging chip-seal distributor; bond dollars eyed
Summary
County road staff told commissioners the distributor that sprays chip-seal binder has an obsolete solenoid and options range from a $94,000 system update to a $365,000 new unit; staff proposed borrowing a neighbor county's distributor to finish the season and asking the county council to allow use of remaining bond funds to pay for an update.
Fulton County road staff told the Board of Commissioners on July 21 that the county’s chip-seal distributor has a discontinued solenoid and is incompatible with available replacement parts, forcing a decision between an expensive update or full replacement.
The county road official said the least-invasive option is a systems “update” — replacing electronics, spray bar and nozzles while retaining the truck and tank — which would cost about $94,000. Buying a new distributor and truck would cost about $365,000. Hiring a contractor to spray the county’s roads at current rates would cost roughly $0.35 per gallon, which the official estimated would amount to about $122,000 a year at the county’s current usage.
Why it matters: the distributor is central to the county’s chip-seal program, a major ongoing road-maintenance activity. The equipment problem arrived in the middle of the…
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