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Review of projects, improvements, and installations performed by BCHD in 2002 Page Last Updated 2-11-03
While the primary function of the BCHD is to regularly maintain the driveability of our road system, there are always situations requiring attention to address issues of safety or accessability to the system. Listed below are the out of ordinary projects BCHD completed during the 2002 season. All projects are done within our policy of maintaining roads including driveways up to a residence, within our finite and established road system. At the discretion of the entire Board of Commissioners, roads are added or omitted from the system as a whole. These projects are undertaken to improve function, safety and overall driveability of our road system. Our roads are some of the finest gravel roads anywhere, and they are kept in top condition greater than 99.7% of the time annually, which means with the exception of about two to three hours in a year, you can safely expect to be able to travel any Buffalo County road with conditions that are good to very good driving condition (SDDOT STANDARD GRAVEL ROAD GRADATION)or you can expect any road to be in poor driving condition only two to three hours annually if you look at it that way. This figure is based on the performance of all roads over the last four years on average and road condition inspection data on file in our office. This is due to well-planned management and dedicated individuals who deliver the highest quality results possible in every aspect of this operation.
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March retrieval of over 160 miles of roads
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May Abernathy Driveway Approach Improvement
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April rebanded culvert on Hurley driveway
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April Elvira Twp. culvert and approach repair
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July Naser driveway 50' x 36" culvert install
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July Chuck Yost driveway improvement
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July Ree Heights Road gravel and grading project
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October Shelby Road culvert 32' x 36" arch w/recievers
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June minimum maint. Stroud Road disked and shaped annually
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September John Von Eye driveway improvement
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August Abernathy driveway improvement
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June Abernathy Hill post-contract work completed
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August Abernathy Hill project finish work completed
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August placement of thistle head weevils
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June Hallman pile hauled and cleaned up site
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September Old 34 south end slope restoration and surface improvement
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October Cable driveway improvement
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2002 total gravel hauled 16,000 tons (approximately 1250 loads)
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November Lance Johnson driveway restoration and graveling
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2002 total grader hours logged 1400 hours blading road system
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2002 total hours logged snow removal all units 30 hours
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August chemical vegatation control pre-mow to 60% of system
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