Officials said they are reviewing the situation to see if the county needs to pay grader operators more. The county now maintains some 420 miles of paved roads and another 361 miles of unpaved roads. There are another 50 miles of paved roads and another 829 miles of unpaved roads not maintained by the county. The county's action on Tuesday will reduce the 829 miles figure, said Alford. County leaders stressed the best way for neighborhoods to ensure improved roads still is by creating a special tax district through the county's Municipal Service Benefit Unit system.
Road maintenance is the number one problem commissioners deal with at their twice-monthly meetings.
But we have got to start somewhere. In an unrelated road matter, commissioners approved a new type of paving for Gail Drive in San Mateo off U.S. 17. The county is getting the paving free from a company that wants to do more work in the county. Directed staff to step up efforts to stop illegal dumping on private property. Officials said many landowners are unaware that outsiders have created dumps on their vast tracts of woodlands.