Wayne County halts payment, orders repairs after substandard road work on Tanker Road

Dec 2, 2025

County roads staff reported quality issues on Tanker and Thorpe roads and said the contractor (Sykes Brothers) must return to correct work at its cost; the county will withhold final payment until repairs pass inspection and asked for interim safety signage.

The full story

Wayne County officials told the Board of Commissioners on Dec. 1 that recent paving work on Tanker Road was not completed to county standards and that the prime contractor, Sykes Brothers, must return to correct defects at its expense.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in