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Contractors tell Beaufort County meeting that aggregate and sand allotments limit local paving capacity
Summary
A contractor representative said statewide sand/aggregate allotments and shipping constraints limit how much asphalt local producers can make, complicating the county’s ability to spend large state funds quickly.
A contractor representative told the Beaufort County Transportation Committee on Sept. 18 that material and production constraints — not just the number of local firms — limit how quickly resurfacing work can be performed.
The speaker (S7), a local area manager for an asphalt producer, explained that sand and aggregate allotments and quarry output create hard production limits. "We are on a sand allotment of a 100 tons a day ... I can only produce 2,500 tons of asphalt if I want to with sand in it," he said, adding that only a portion of quarried rock can be processed into the specific "number 7 stone" required for certain mixes and that that stone is shipped across counties. He said that major, out-of-area projects can pull crews and material away from local jobs.
Committee members and staff acknowledged the constraints. Staff warned that even with newly available state funds, executing a high volume of projects within a single spending window will be difficult unless material and production bottlenecks ease.
The committee agreed to explore options for vendor coordination and to invite contractors to a proposed February retreat to discuss products, production capacity and local sequencing.
What was said (excerpt): "There is a gross allotment of tons that are allowed to be made in the state ... only 10% of that rock can create a rock called number 7 stone ... if I had a crew in Charlotte or Greensburg, I won't put a 95 tomorrow, I couldn't." — S7 (contractor representative).
