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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> JAMES B.HUNT,A, RALEIGH 27611 <br /> GOVERNOR <br /> DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS <br /> 'NIL-LIAM R.ROSERSON,JR. <br /> SECRETARY March 18, 1982 <br /> MEMORANDUM TO: Division Engineers <br /> L <br /> District Engi 22 L082 <br /> FROM: Jack Murdock r" C- DEPT, OF TRANSPORTAT70M <br /> Secondary Roa Offic!r 01V'S"0'44 OF HIGHWAIM,7-M DIV. <br /> SUBJECT; Policy for P ing KRuralRoads by OISTRICT I,ORAHAM <br /> Rural Roads by <br /> Property Owners' Participation <br /> As you know, the Department of Transportation has never had a fgrral policy.fo <br /> paving rural secondary roads by progerty owners' participation., We have always <br /> operated under the general rule of thumb that such paving would be accomplished <br /> by the property owners_ aying all costs over $8.00 per foot. The MOO per <br /> t <br /> foot was used because t§a was the amount norms ljy.,pjgced.with property owners- <br /> parti ti <br /> cipa -on,.funds in paving subdivision- -streets. Many of you have never <br /> such a request; however, requests of this nature have been received to pave <br /> roads in the toy 20 in priority as well as over 100 in priority. The Board of <br /> Transportation felt that some limit should be placed on the number of roads <br /> eligible for such paving because spending State Funds for paving these roads <br /> simply could not be Justified for every road listed in priority in each county. <br /> Attached is a copy of the policy which was passed by the Board of Transportation <br /> at its meeting on March 12, 1982, which is for the most part self-explanatory. <br /> To determine those roads eligible in a oarticulLr n with the next <br /> road in line for paving an the current priori ty.-list and add the road lengths <br /> down the p riorit y list until you reach•a total of not more than 1004' of the <br /> *aounty's unpaved secondary road mileage. For example, Wake County currently <br /> has'321.94"-miles of unpaved secondary road, and 10110 or 32.2 miles would be <br /> eligible for paving under this policy. Last year, the first three priorities <br /> were approved for paying; so, beginning with the 4th road, priorities 4 through <br /> 30, total 32.35 miles, would be eligible. If priorities 4 through 7 (4.09 miles) <br /> are approved this year, then priorities 31 'through 33, total 4.11 miles, and <br /> would also become eligible for rural participation paving. In those counties <br /> where the number of oriorities are 'not as high as 20 after computing_- <br /> _ of the <br /> county's unpaved mileage, then the next ZO roads ante prio--ri-ty--T-is-,-.--w-a-u-ra—oe <br />