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Highway commissioner urges more road funding as board approves bridge and county aid resolutions
Summary
Chris, the highway commissioner, delivered the annual highway report required by state statute and told the board the county remains well short of the department's target paving and maintenance cycle.
Chris, the highway commissioner, delivered the annual highway report required by state statute and told the board the county remains well short of the department's target paving and maintenance cycle.
The commissioner said a 25-year paving cycle translates to about 20 miles per year; the county paved 12.9 miles this year out of 488 county highway miles. "A 25 year paving cycle would be 20 miles per year, and you can see up there that we're nowhere near that," he said, noting a 2023 uptick primarily funded with ARPA dollars. Chip-seal work also lagged department targets.
The report reviewed winter…
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