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amount, he said, from a special “hard surface fund" created by the General Assembly during the past session to cover paving for roads that carry 50 or more vehicles per day.
Despite the increase, however. Askew maintained that highway dollars have been stretched by inflation. As an example, he cited the per ton “in place” cost of asphalt that has almost tripled since 1972.
Askew noted that the southern portion of the county had been hit extremely hard by spring thaws this year with some roads impassable for days. Most of
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