We finished to repairs to CR1612 just in time before school started! The work has begun on the remainder of CR1550 and the first part turned out very well in spite of some very hard rains. The road was broken up, ground up, mixed with crude oil, and was laid back down. We are using our new Caterpillar motor grader htat does such an exacting job of finishing the surfacing. The good news is, it's costing less than the depreciation on the old one! In my next post, I will talk more about the "local option" elections here in Titus County.

Precinct #1 hit a bonanza on the auctioning of our equipment. The items brought considerably more than we expected. This will enable us to buy a bigger, more suitable tractor and side-boom mower plus allow us to lease a Caterpillar motor-grader for the same money.
We have finished one-half of CR1550 and have started rebuilding CR1612. We will return to CR1550 after we finish but we needed to complete the repairs on CR1612 before Hart's Bluff School started their classes. We have also started over on mowing the precinct due to the unseasonal rains.

Our precinct has been very busy since the settlement with the pipeline company. We ordered 300 tons of paving material that week and got it put out Thursday and Friday on CR1550. It was just a start though and then the rains came. We spent all last week cutting trees and cleaning up after the strong rains. We were able to put in an extra culvert on CR1612 at the back of the new development of Stonebriar. That particular property has created more run-off than before and I felt that more road drainage would be beneficial. We have 150 tons more of paving material to be delivered tomorrow and with the help of some dry weather, we should be back on CR1550. By the way, precinct 1 has some equipment on the Auctioneerexpress,com website in case anyone needs a motor grader or a side boom mower!