Comments on: Council To Prioritize Road Projects Without Engineer http://www.northescambia.com/2010/03/council-to-prioritize-road-projects-without-engineer Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JJ http://www.northescambia.com/2010/03/council-to-prioritize-road-projects-without-engineer/comment-page-1#comment-36077 JJ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:29:07 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=15441#comment-36077 $10,000 is a drop in the bucket in relation to the entire cost of resurfacing all these roads... if surveyed, the town will have an accurate record of all these roads, conditions, potential drainage problems, etc. That in itself is worth a lot. Plus, like the mayor said, they have accurate data to present to the state and feds to apply for grants to pay for a lot of this work. It's really the only sensible way to approach this project. Also, that $10,000 could be saved by the surveying company just catching ONE problem that gets missed by the council members simply driving around, picking who gets new roads. But instead the council will argue and fight about who's going to get the new roads... there will be letters written, lawyers contacted, (probably $10,000 spent in legal fees) just because this council member's area of town got 18" more of new pavement than the next member's area. I can't WAIT until these council members get voted out. Century needs very badly to have some people in charge with some common sense. $10,000 is a drop in the bucket in relation to the entire cost of resurfacing all these roads… if surveyed, the town will have an accurate record of all these roads, conditions, potential drainage problems, etc. That in itself is worth a lot. Plus, like the mayor said, they have accurate data to present to the state and feds to apply for grants to pay for a lot of this work. It’s really the only sensible way to approach this project.

Also, that $10,000 could be saved by the surveying company just catching ONE problem that gets missed by the council members simply driving around, picking who gets new roads.

But instead the council will argue and fight about who’s going to get the new roads… there will be letters written, lawyers contacted, (probably $10,000 spent in legal fees) just because this council member’s area of town got 18″ more of new pavement than the next member’s area.

I can’t WAIT until these council members get voted out. Century needs very badly to have some people in charge with some common sense.

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