Saline County Commissioners Tuesday were updated on situation in which a traffic accident made a section of road impassable, and prompted pavement removal.
On Friday, April 1, a light truck hit a semi-truck on Old State 81 Highway, south of Phillips Lighting. An estimated 60 gallons of diesel was spilled. According to County Engineer Neil Cable, “diesel is like kryptonite to asphalt”; it dissolves the cohesive nature of the blacktop and “turns it into black sand”. Motorists soon began commenting about adverse road conditions. On Saturday afternoon, Road and Bridge Director Gary Nash was notified of the problem. By then, the ...
Saline County Commissioners Tuesday were updated on situation in which a traffic accident made a section of road impassable, and prompted pavement removal.
On Friday, April 1, a light truck hit a semi-truck on Old State 81 Highway, south of Phillips Lighting. An estimated 60 gallons of diesel was spilled. According to County Engineer Neil Cable, “diesel is like kryptonite to asphalt”; it dissolves the cohesive nature of the blacktop and “turns it into black sand”. Motorists soon began commenting about adverse road conditions. On Saturday afternoon, Road and Bridge Director Gary Nash was notified of the problem. By then, the ...