As an addition to my earlier post, I want to go over criteria for where we patch, scab, redo or leave for a new budget year. I wished we had sufficient funds to make our county roads look like city streets. However, we maintain our roads to be all weather, pothole free,and relatively smooth. Most roads are in good enough shape to require only patching on regular intervals. Sometimes, heavily traveled roads (i.e. CR1200) with many residents require scabbing( a smooth surface treatment on the existing base) on a regular schedule. This doesn't mean shoulder to shoulder cover, but a long stretch of topping to cover past patching. Maybe one or two roads per year can be singled out in certain stretches to be redone. Where the base has been undermined and washed out, we rip up the existing road, mill it into a coarse material, add fresh oil, mix it well and lay it back down from shoulder to shoulder. That could be a heavily traveled road with base problems( i.e. CR 1905) or a badly damaged road with past neglect. Eventually, all roads will be addressed as to their needs, but on a day to day basis, this is the criteria we use.