115th Year, 39th Issue Thursday, May 6, 2004 Sparta, North Carolina

Secondary road plan is released Monday

By LYNN WORTH
Staff

The N.C. Department of Transportation has proposed to spend more than $1.9 million for secondary road improvements in Alleghany County in fiscal year 2004-2005.

That's according to NCDOT's Secondary Roads Construction Program for the county, released this week.

A public hearing on the plan is set for Monday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the county office building.

DOT proposes to pave 3.86 miles of rural unpaved roads in the new fiscal year, which begins in July. Those roads are:

  • One mile of Bald Knob Road (state road 1416A) from state road 1415 to state road 1417. Cost is estimated at $300,000.
  • Irwin Valley Road (state road 1169), 1.19 miles from state road 1167 to state road 1163. Estimated cost, $350,000.
  • Cox Sisters Road (SR 1411A), 3/10ths mile from SR 1410 to the Virginia state line. Estimated cost is $90,000.
  • Hoppers Road (state road 1150), .42 mile from state road 1433 to the end of state maintenance. Cost is estimated at $140,000.
  • Corn Field Road (state road 1323), .47 mile from N.C. 113 to SR 1316, estimated to cost $150,000.
  • Pruitt Road (state road 1132), .48 mile from N.C. 18 to the end of state maintenance. Estimated cost is $150,000.

    DOT hopes to have $1.18 million for these projects, which depend on rights of way being granted and funds being available. These are priorities 26 through 31 in the county's road paving priorities.

    The 2004-2005 road plan also includes $461,000 for paved road improvements:

  • $143,000 for spot stabilization, replacing small bridges with pipe, safety projects and other small projects.
  • $130,000 to strengthen the pavement on state road 1464 for 2.39 miles from state road 1470 to state road 1433.
  • $188,000 to strengthen pavement on state roads 1415 and 1412, from N.C. 18 to the Virginia state line.

    Also, $110,000 is planned for spot stabilization on 76 rural roads. Another element of the proposal is a $194,642 figure for surveying.

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