When Saline County’s Road and Bridge Department’s Director Gary Nash speaks of maintaining the county’s 717 miles of gravel roads, he also includes maintaining 1,434 miles of ditches along with 6,000 culverts, 850 small structures, 235 bridges and 6,500 signs.
Nash said some roads need more maintenance, based on traffic counts, weights of truck loads, erosion and flood water damage, and farming practices.
Nash reviewed distinctions between maintaining, rebuilding and reconstructing roads. Based on road conditions and traffic counts, Nash identified a five year plan to specifically reconstruct these roads at a cost of $250,000-500,000/mile:
West Water Well Road (between Burma and Lightville), ...
When Saline County’s Road and Bridge Department’s Director Gary Nash speaks of maintaining the county’s 717 miles of gravel roads, he also includes maintaining 1,434 miles of ditches along with 6,000 culverts, 850 small structures, 235 bridges and 6,500 signs.
Nash said some roads need more maintenance, based on traffic counts, weights of truck loads, erosion and flood water damage, and farming practices.
Nash reviewed distinctions between maintaining, rebuilding and reconstructing roads. Based on road conditions and traffic counts, Nash identified a five year plan to specifically reconstruct these roads at a cost of $250,000-500,000/mile:
West Water Well Road (between Burma and Lightville), ...