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Duchesne County working session debates $14,250-per-well-per-mile road fee as residents and industry push back
Summary
County engineers and staff presented a draft transportation mitigation fee of $14,250 per well per mile for paved roads (and $3,500 per well per mile for gravel roads). Residents urged faster safety fixes for damaged local roads while industry groups asked for more time and tailored calculations; commissioners said they will refine the proposal and return to the working docket.
Jones & DeMille Engineering and county staff presented a draft transportation mitigation formula at a Dec. 2 Duchesne County working session that produced a proposed fee of $14,250 per well per mile for paved roads and $3,500 per well per mile for gravel roads, intended to cover the county’s share of asphalt work when industry traffic shortens pavement life.
The Jones & DeMille engineer summarized the technical basis for the number and said the county’s assumptions (including cores, lane-mile assessment and an assumed 2-inch mill plus 2-inch overlay on 50% of impacted lane miles) produced the fee: “we're left with a fee of $14,250 per well per mile,” the engineer said.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the county’s rural road network is increasingly strained by heavy truck traffic associated with drilling and production activity,…
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