Dirt Road Priority List

DATE ADOPTED: 3-25-91
MINUTE BOOK: 27 PAGE 26
DATE AMENDED: 6-24-02
MINUTE BOOK: 34 PAGE 56
DATE AMENDED: 7-28-08
MINUTE BOOK: 36 PAGE 207

POLICY: To establish a policy to develop a priority list for paving dirt roads.

PROCEDURE: 

1. Establish the total number of miles on the paving list.
2. County Engineer will establish list of all dirt roads. Engineer will base this list on need and analysis, i.e. traffic, houses, bus routes, etc.
3. Each Commissioner will select roads to be paved from the list based on the percentage of dirt roads in his/her district as compared to the amount of dirt roads in the County. The combined lists will equal total miles approved for paving.
4. The list of roads to be paved in the project will be approved in a regular commission meeting before any are paved.
5. The County Engineer will arrange the roads to be paved so as to complete the paving list as expeditiously and as cost effectively as possible.
6. Each County Commissioner may modify his/her list at any time if construction has not started. Each County Commissioner's list shall not exceed his/her allotted number of miles or as close as possible as determined by the County Engineer.
7. The County Engineer shall keep records of all dirt road paving.

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