County to put new chip-and-seal surface on 15 miles of road
A total of 15 miles of Jackson County roads are expected to receive chip-and-seal treatment this summer, it has been reported.
No additional county roads are being chip-and-sealed this summer, as the 15 miles of chip and oil will only be applied to current chip-and-seal roads, it was reported.
Eric Fritz, road and bridge department co-supervisor, said that chip-and-seal work won’t begin for another month, as crew members are currently working on fixing potholes and cleaning ditches.
When a county gravel road is chipped for this first time, three layers of rock and oil are put down. The following year, one layer is put down, and then a fifth layer is put down the third year. The county currently maintains 46 miles of chip-and-seal roads.
Roads that are expected to receive chip-and-seal this summer include:
* One mile of 302nd Road between Q and R Roads.
* Half a mile of R4 Road between 302nd and 306th Roads.
* Half a mile of W4 Road between 302nd and 308th Roads.
* Half a mile of 240th Road between P and P3 Roads. This road leads to the back of Holton Community Hospital.
* The parking lot at the new road and bridge shop north of Holton.
* Half a mile of Q Road between 158th and 162nd Roads.
* A quarter of a mile between 158th and 160th Roads, just south of the Mayetta city limits.
* An eighth of a mile near 158th and R Roads.
* A mile of Q Road between 162nd and 166th Roads.
* A mile of Q Road between 166th and 174th Roads.
* Half a mile of 94th Road between U and U4 Roads.
* A mile of 110th Road between S and T Roads.
* A mile of 110th Road between T and U Roads.
* Half a mile of 110th Road between U and U4 Roads.
* 200 feet of 110th Road between R and S Roads just east of Royal Valley High School in Hoyt.
* Three miles of W Road between 172nd and 198th Roads.
* One and a half miles of K Road between 218th and 230th Roads.
* Two miles of E Road between 118th and 134th Roads.
In April, the Jackson County Commissioners accepted the low bid for chip-and-seal oil submitted by Vance Brothers of Kansas City, Mo. at a cost of $1.45 per gallon.
Two and a half miles of the 15 miles, including E Road near Delia and the road leading to the back of Holton Community Hospital, will be paid for using funds from the county’s special .04 percent sales tax, it was reported.
