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Polk County commissioners weigh downgrading timber access road after staff cites $100,000–$550,000 price range
Summary
County staff presented three options for the roughly 1,300‑foot AR Ford timber access road: in‑house gravel conversion (~$100,000), contractor gravel conversion (~$200,000), or full-depth pave/rebuild (~$550,000). Commissioners asked staff to verify truck counts, landowner intentions and federal grant eligibility before deciding.
Polk County commissioners discussed whether to keep, repave or downgrade a short timber access road known as AR Ford on March 17, after county staff presented cost estimates for conversion and reconstruction.
A county staff member introduced as Mr. Whitaker outlined the three options and turned technical and cost detail over to Steven, a county roads staff member. Steven said a contractor gravel conversion bid would likely be about $200,000, an in‑house gravel conversion could run roughly $100,000, and a full‑depth rebuild with six inches of asphalt for the approximately 1,300 linear feet would cost about $550,000 because of heavy timber traffic.
"If we were to go out to bid I estimate that's going to be approximately $200,000 to convert that back…
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