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Rural roads get emergency repairs Walker and Cherry roads get muchneeded attention BY MARNEY SIMON Enterprise Staff @plainfieldnews sweditor@enterprisepublications.com
A rough winter left its mark on Plainfield’s few remaining rural roads. On April 2, members of the village board authorized a payment for and emergency purchase of just over 1,100 tons of gravel – about 50 truckloads – from Boughton Material, Inc., totaling $15,432.59. The gravel, which was already delivered and spread, was used to shore up parts of Walker Road near County Line Road, where Old Man Winter had his way with the soft, rocky roads over the past few months. “The last section of roadway that’s a gravel roadway in the Plainfield area… is Walker Road, there’s about a mile and a half that is currently gravel,” said Director of Public Works Allen Persons. “We all know we had kind of a rough winter, with freezing rain SEE REPAIRS PAGE 3
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