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000178 Senna Richmond referred to Road #1362 and her desire to get it paved because of the bus traffic and the ruts and dust. Odessa Corbett asked ebout. SR 1127 and if enough funds were available to complete the project and Mr. Watkins indicated the project would be placed first on the priority list for next year for completion. Corbett endorsed the project. Vance Thompson spoke on behalf of Ellie Mae Road #1362. There are 16 families on the road with four (4) school buses, and a church. Thompson indicated that the road is bad in the winter and that dust is also a problem. He asked consideration for paving the road. Joe Thompson expressed concern about #1362 and the dust, ruts, and glass on the road and asked for gravel to be put on the road. Watkins asked that the Secondary Road Advisory Committee send to Mr. • • Buchanan any suggestions for changing the point system. Barbara Lakey represented about 40 people from New Sharon Church Read and expressed appreciation for the state placing this road on the 1985-86 • list and asked that the Board of Commissioners approve the recommended list. J. W. Taylor travels several of the dirt roads daily and noted that with'the system which is presently used, there is no way those roads will ever be paved. There is a need to look at theforwula and the POP program to make • it more equitable. Pearl Simpson, representing New Sharon Church Road, indicated they have had the runaround since 1972. A dozen petitions have been signed and the road is in very bad condition. There are five (5) school buses that travel the road several times a day. Gerry Hancock asked when the work would start on the projects recommended for approval and if there was any assurance the money would be available to finish the road. Watkins stated they could not give a definite assurance because it • • . depends on the General Assembly and the funds allocated for the program. The work may begin in the fall of 1985 but most likely will begin in the spring of • ,• 1986. They must wait on the availability of eqpipment. Stan Lakey asked for atime table for the completioni of the work on • New Sharon Church Road and asked if there is anything the people in that community could do to expedite the project. • • Mr. Watkins noted there is nothing to do since the right-of-way is already there. • • Barrie Pinnix expressed concern about a three mile stretch of SR 134I3 on Baron Church Road and questioned why only a portion of that road is • paved. • Watkins explained that same roads are broken into sections according to the number of paved crossroads. • Pinnix noted there is a lot of school bus traffic. The scraper cemes just before a rain and there is no gravel on the road which would be • appreciated. •_ . Lloyd Pinnix expressed concern about the ruts on SR,1341B. Vance Thompson also questioned the paving procedure for #1361 and • why part of the road had been paved for 15 years and the remainder not paved. • Watkins noted the priority system started in 1972 and he cannot speak to the criteria used before that time. • Commissioner Carey questioned whether the point system for school • buses reflected the number of buses or number of routes.