Smith County road bond report given
Posted/updated on: October 1, 2020 at 4:30 pm
TYLER — The quarterly Road Bond Project was given in Smith County Commissioner’s Court on Tuesday. County Engineer Frank Davis reported from June through August, five road improvement projects performed by contractors were completed, including rebuilding and repaving 8 miles of roads at a cost of $2.24 million. Two projects consisting of 9.9 miles of roadway are underway and three more projects totaling 12.2 miles will be bid out next month for year three of phase one of the Bond Program.
Roads that saw major reconstruction conducted by contractors included County Roads 48, 427, 1230, 1255, 1256, 1263, 1273, 1294, 1304, 1325, 2249, 2267, 4167, and 4191. Other roads that also saw improvements included CR 378, 2258, 3157, and 3197. Projects to be bid out in October include CR 173, 174, 175, 177, 183, 366, 411, 463, and 1260. Smith County Road and Bridge crews have been busy rebuilding oil dirt roads and preparing other county roads for seal coat work, he said.
