Donley County is asking local landowners for help with improving rural roads the meeting of the Commissioners’ Court last Monday, June 8.
Judge John Howard said the heavy rain received across the county has rural roads in bad shape but that county commissioners and road hands are working on the problems as fast as they can.
“The roads are the lifeblood of people who live in the county, and we have to give attention to that, but resources are limited,” Howard said.
The county would like to improve roads overall, but precincts have no material to use for such upgrades.
Howard said the county would gladly accept donations of usable rock, gravel, or caliche from area landowners.
For more information on this or to make a donation, contact your precinct commissioner.
Howard also said commissioners discussed the best ways to care for county roads with the limited resources available.
The court also reaffirmed apportioning responsibility for county roads equally, as best as possible, among the four precinct road hands.
Precinct boundaries are determined by census numbers to have a nearly even population in each precinct. The miles of county roads, however, are not evenly distributed with Precinct One having about 130 miles of road, Precinct Two having about 90 miles, Precinct 3 having about 150 miles, and Precinct 4 having about 80 miles.
Commissioners agreed on letting road hands cross precinct lines in certain areas to balance the loads on each precinct.
In other county business, the court adopted a new policy on the cremation of paupers, accepted a bid on tax delinquent property in Howardwick, agreed to run an ad taking bids or auctioning surplus or salvage county property.
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