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Fiscal court approves federal-land access resolution to advance eastern Pulaski paving project
Summary
Pulaski County Fiscal Court voted to approve a resolution to accept a Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant to repave about 11 miles of roadway that connect to National Forest lands in eastern Pulaski County; the dollar amount as read in the meeting transcript was unclear and is noted below.
Pulaski County Fiscal Court voted July 15 to approve a resolution and grant paperwork that will advance a Federal Lands Access Program project to repave roughly 11 miles of county roads that provide access to nearby National Forest lands.
The court agenda and discussion named the project corridors—Squibbino, Haino Acorn and Bolthouse Ridge—and authorized the county judge/executive to sign the resolution and forward the documents to the state for further approval. The chair said the county must complete another state review, rebid sections of the work and then proceed to construction.
Transcript text read an unclear dollar figure while describing the grant; court members read the amount aloud as "1,410,000,405,000 dollars," which was evidently garbled in the meeting record. The court approved the resolution despite the verbal transcript error; county administrative records or the grant application should be consulted for the definitive award amount and budget breakdown.
Commissioners signaled support for the project during the brief discussion. One commissioner said he "can't wait to get this project done," reflecting general approval to move the grant forward once the paperwork and bidding steps are complete.
What happens next: the county will have the judge/executive and clerk sign the resolution, submit the paperwork to the state for the required review, and rebid sections as instructed in the meeting. The court did not set construction dates during the July session.
