County Rebuilds Road Department
Posted: October 29, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Troy Sousa works Wednesday with a crew from the Benton County Road Department to overlay asphalt on Quail Drive in east Rogers.
With a year’s experience in a new system behind them, the Benton County’s Road Department staff has ambitious plans for improving the county’s roads.
At A Glance
Road Improvement 2013
Scott Stober, the county’s public services administrator, said Benton County is planning to use a new software program to track road conditions and maintenance schedules to make better use of the county’s personnel, equipment and material. These roads are on Benton County’s preliminary list for improvement in 2013: Kincheloe, West McNelly Road, WPA Road, Schoolhouse Road, Pleasant Ridge (west end), Meadow Wood, Chamber Springs, Elm Lane, Primrose Road, Cloverdale (east end), Rainbow Drive, Lowland Way, McCann, Kreeger, Timberline Drive, Robbins Road, Holiday Hills Drive, Holly, Farrar Road, Posey Mountain Turnoff, Mary Lane, Colonel Meyers, Jim's Trail, Arrow Lane, Atkins Road, Grimes Drive, Lodge Drive, Mill Dam, Grimes Drive West, Indian Bow, Phillip Cemetery Road, Blue Hill, Shaffer Road, Dogwood Valley, Shady Hill Circle, Indian Creek, Patton Road, North Airport Loop, Peggy Lane, Oak Hills Drive, M&M Road, Stagecoach Road, Stateline Road, Beatty and Sibley.
Source: Benton County Road Department
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Chip and Seal is the worst form of paving there is. They need to do a better job and learn how to use the equipment. That is kinda a given but it seems there was a time when no one including the last Judge that moved to head of road department. knew what they were doing. Why should we believe that all of a sudden things are going to work. It was the good ole' boy system. It still looks like that is at work now. When Frisco Cemetery rd gets a knew surface but Frisco Springs Rd which looks like it was completed a 100 years ago but really it was 4 years ago gets NOTHING. They did such a bad job on that road they came back to fix it and screwed it up even more. Looks like they just gave up. Come on judge get them back out there and fix it right. I know you probably have a bunch of friends that live out on the lake they need good roads to drive their expensive cars but the people of Frisco Springs rd need a good road also. They would even go for another chip and seal coating just fix it right now that they are TRAINED.
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October 29, 2012 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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