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Monday, February 8, 2016
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Whitmire releases road plan of 46 miles for Precinct 1 Grayson County Precinct 1 Commissioner Jeff Whitmire has released the 2016 road plan and it contains an ambitious 46 miles of county roads to be attended to. In addition to the plan, Whitmire says that they will be doing some spot repairs to areas that have been damaged by trash trucks.
list this week and we have submitted cost information to Howe, Tom Bean and Dorchester." said Whitmire. By the end of this year, Whitmire says that Precinct 1 will have repaved over 50 percent of the paved roads since he took office.
"While we are not able to start paving any of our gravel roads this year, I do feel we will begin within a couple of years. In the meantime, to reduce dusty conditions, we will continue to transition our rock roads to decomposed granite or ground He also went to to say that efficient asphalt in the vicinity of homes." said Whitmire. scheduling will be critical to achieving the 2016 plan. The plan The list of county roads in the 2016 is also subject to changes due to plan are: weather or damage conditions. Whitmire says that the Precinct 1 OB Groner, Rockport, Greene, road crew should be especially Ballou, Stewart, Massey, Vineyard, commended for rising to the Durning, Farmington (between Hall challenge presented. Cemetery and Hodgins), Hackberry, Hackberry Height subdivision, Precinct 1 will also be working with each city for repair work. "I White's Hill, Lorene, Hinton, Sheppard, Stark, Tate Circle, expect Van Alstyne to approve a "We are fortunate to have almost record low prices for road oil (asphalt) this year, so we need to take advantage of this cost situation." said Whitmire in a written statement.
2016 Precinct 1 Road Plan Newman, Lopez, Ponderosa, Old Hwy 6, Dickens, Judd, Kepler, Lincoln Park, Patrick Ct, Greenview Ln, Scott Ct, Sister Grove (between Stone Marshall and
Jameson), Hynds Ranch, John Marr, Cold Spring, County Line, Luella (between Bennett and Davenport), Hog Skin, Franklin, Pennell.
8th grade boys play in district tournament Players and Coach, L-R: Garrett Grigg, Layton Elvington, Zane Hughes, Head Coach Bruce Elvington, Zimry Weatherspoon, Kolbe Lappin, Jackson Wilson, Ayden Norton, Arturo Lowder, Caiden Harmon.
Courtesy photos by Jana Hughes
