Supervisors press engineer and contractors after sealcoat/overlay problems on recent road project
Supervisors raised durability concerns about a recently completed sealcoat/overlay that developed cracks and unevenness; they asked for soil tests, contractor invoices, and stronger contract smoothness and compaction standards before approving further projects.
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Multiple supervisors spent the bulk of the morning questioning why a recent sealcoat/overlay on a county road failed to meet expectations, with Speaker 3 calling the result "beyond disappointed" and urging an investigation before approving similar projects. The county engineer (Speaker 8) said samples of the top in-place material had been taken and did not show large consistency differences in the top layers, but admitted subsurface conditions and stop‑and‑go construction likely contributed to the performance.
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