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Engineer says converting Washburn subdivision from sealcoat to hot-mix would require design work and planning
Summary
A Washburn resident asked whether the county could pave rather than sealcoat local subdivision roads. County Engineer Kathy Nicholas said Washburn's sealcoat program runs on a five-year cycle and that converting to hot-mix asphalt would require about a year of design and planning work.
Board members raised an email from a Washburn resident asking about putting hot-mix asphalt on subdivision streets instead of continuing five-year sealcoat cycles. County Engineer Kathy Nicholas said the county receives such requests occasionally and that the Washburn subdivision is roughly halfway through its five-year sealcoat schedule.
"We have thought about, you know, placing hot mix asphalt in Washburn instead of doing the seal coating every 5 years," Nicholas said, but she cautioned that changing surfacing methods would require significant design work and at least a year of planning to include the project in a multi-year plan. Nicholas noted the county has used hot-mix asphalt in other subdivisions in the past but that staff time and design resources would be needed to pursue such a change.
Board members asked follow-up questions about timing and costs; Nicholas said she would try to follow up with the resident and provide additional information.
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