Residents, road staff describe gravel loss and grading problems on southeast Emmons County roads

A resident and county road staff described problems with grading and gravel distribution on gravel roads in the southeast corner of Emmons County during the county commission meeting.

The resident, who said he previously served as a road supervisor, told commissioners he has observed that recent grading passes have left windrows of gravel along both shoulders and a band of gravel in the middle of driving lanes. He said some operators pulled material too far from the shoulder while others left gravel piled in windrows, producing an uneven distribution—"about a third of our gravel on the right side, a third on the left, and then about a third in the middle of the driving lane." He warned that traffic will increasingly push gravel off the road and into ditches unless it is pulled…