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Lake County breaks down road-maintenance costs, equipment needs and materials
Summary
County staff presented detailed per-day and per-mile cost estimates for gravel roads, chip sealing, pothole patching and asphalt paving, and outlined equipment lifecycles and local pit use.
Lake County staff presented detailed figures for the costs and staffing needed to maintain the county's roads, saying equipment, material and haul distances drive widely different daily rates.
Michael (county staff member) said the county has about 200 lane miles of county gravel roads and outlined per-day equipment and staffing costs. "Equipment about $1,500, staff about $968," he said, adding that the county allocates roughly $622 per lane mile for certain gravel operations when mobilization and other overhead are included.
The presentation broke maintenance into work types with separate timelines and cost examples. Motor-grader and roller operations can move two to four miles a day on gravel; hauling road base from the county pit near the airport…
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