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Bourbon County road director reports asphalt plant running but urges plan for repair and targeted paving
Summary
County road staff say the asphalt plant restarted and held 320°F without leaking, but commissioners pressed for repair-cost estimates and a strategy to avoid losing a paving season if the aging boiler fails; officials also discussed using chip-and-seal to stretch funds.
Bourbon County road staff told commissioners they had restarted the county’s asphalt plant and that, on a recent test run, “it was 320 degrees and it wasn't leaking,” the county’s road director said, reporting a temporary fix to a longstanding equipment problem.
Commissioners and staff spent the bulk of the briefing weighing whether to proceed with in-house asphalt work this season while the plant remains operational or to limit work to smaller, lower-risk projects until a permanent repair is in place. One commissioner warned, “hope is not a plan,” urging staff to develop cost estimates for repairing or…
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