Officials are looking for cheaper ways to pave and maintain Vanderburgh County roads, citing limited funding from the state. WNIN’s John Gibson has details:
County Engineer John Stoll presented road paving plans to county commissioners on Tuesday.
They include patching potholes instead of totally resurfacing some roads to save money.
Stoll says the county is also looking into “chip-and-seal paving” for less-traveled roads.
He says it costs about two-dollars, 25-cents a square yard versus more than 14-dollars for asphalt:
"It is significantly less expensive. They will have to go back and do multiple applications of the chip-seal over the years, but 14-dollars versus two-and-a-quarter you can go back and do a lot of applications with the cost savings."
Stoll says it’s not clear yet which roads might get the less-expensive chip-and-seal:
"Wanted to get all this data compiled then try to sort out what roads we wanted to pursue."
County Commission President Justin Elpers stressed the importance of stretching state dollars and Commissioner Mike Goebel thanked Stoll for his efforts.
