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Coffee County highway staff to start mowing, hot‑mix patching as material costs rise
Summary
County highway staff said mowing crews will start next Monday, the department will use a recently acquired hot box and pursue hot‑mix patching with its paver, and officials warned that rising fuel and stone prices will limit how many roads can be repaired this season.
Coffee County highway staff told the highway board at its April meeting that crews will begin county‑wide mowing next Monday and that the department plans targeted hot‑mix patching and paving as material supply and prices allow. Ben, a highway staff member who delivered the operations report, said the department has been clearing ditches and brush while preparing for mowing and patching work.
The midmeeting report said the county’s new hot box is already in use and that staff will try to obtain hot mix when it becomes available to repair dips and patch roads, including spots on Oak Hill and Asbury roads. "That hot box is doing pretty good," Ben…
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