Now I feel like a veteran politician. I lied! I just thought I was through on CR1550. Nicky Brown, my foreman, said he had 7 or 8 more repairs to make before we moved the equipment to CR1680. We now have those completed and will be on CR1680 next week unless it rains a ton this weekend.

We finished the CR1550 stretch from FM2152 to the pipeline access road. Now we'll move our equipment to CR1680 and work on the base there. Maybe by next Thursday or Friday, the repairs on CR1550 will be dry enough for some oil sand paving.

Today, we had more iron ore hauled in to continue our repairs on CR1550. We dug out 8 more locations and put new base down. One more day ought to complete the initial repairs on that road, so we can then start on CR1680. After several days of sunshine, the base repairs on CR 1550 will be ready for some oil sand topping. Commissioners met with the superintendent of Willbro Co., the pipeline contractor, and discussed the responsibility of their company in defraying the cost of repairs to the county , for the damages caused by their truck-traffic to the roads they are using.

If you missed the Court meeting, you didn't miss much. The only thing on the agenda was putting Frances Neal back on the MHMR board as our county representative. She does a good job and her term was about to expire.
As for our road work, CR1550 was worked on again. That could be a "weeks long" job unless we can get a lot of dry weather. Commissioners Hinton, Hockaday and I will be meeting with the pipeline superintendent tomorrow to talk about compensations to the county for all the damages incurred.

We are working hard at tearing up CR1550...and putting new base in all the soft spots that the heavy trucks are causing. We really do ask for patience from all who travel the roads accessed by the pipeline trucks. Our material is a little damp and we hope it will set up so we can top with some oil mix. County Commissioners Court is scheduled for Monday. See you there!

Like Willie Nelson says, we're on the road again. The damaged areas of CR1905 were dug out and new base was replaced. On CR1550, we dug out 6 areas and repaired them between SH2152 and the first crossroad! More to come tomorrow.

Here's another day of odds and ends. We cut some intersection corners clean of the brush and vines on CR 1255 and also some trees in the area. CR 1342 and 1345 were trimmed of their low branches. We picked up two dead animals in the ditch on CR1340, two more on CR1312 and buried them at the mixing field. Tomorrow, we hope to get back on the pipeline roads of CR1550 and 1905 now that our material is dry and our base repairs are drying.

Hopefully, we will miss the forecasted rain for today so we can resume or repairs to CR1550, 1670, 1680,and 1905. Today, we put up a "Children at Play" sign for Terry Ward on the far end of CR1200. While we were there, we cut alot of low hanging limbs along the road and down CR 1255 and 1257. I also got a gate for the fence at the new bridge on CR1535.

Today we celebrate "President's Day"!

Today we cleaned out some clogged culverts on CR 1455. It was still pretty wet but it was badly needed if we get the rains forecast for Tuesday of next week. The crew also cut a large snag on CR1435 and some low hanging limbs. All of the wood was hauled to the burn site to burn Tuesday if we get some more rain.

Due to the rains earlier in the week, we could not apply our oil-sand to the repairs we made to the base on CR 1550, the most damaged road by the pipeliners. Instead we cut several dead trees, some quite large, and broken limbs on CR 1350 and CR 1345. We also cleaned off the corners of a crossroad intersection at CR 1250 and CR 1070. A visit was made to the house of Roman Cardenas on CR1485 to inspect the condition of the road there.

This is the opening blog to any one who might be interested in the activities of the Precinct 1 road crew and the issues we face in maintaining and improving the quality of the county road. Also I will be posting events and issues that pertain to the conduct of business affairs relating to this precinct; county government, taxation issues,etc. My plan is to post a daily account of our activities and locations. Please feel free to respond with requests or suggestions. Don