Community service workers have completed curb work near the Camp Road and Highway 53 intersection in the first phase of a joint City of Jasper-Pickens County project to improve area roads.
Commissioner Rob Jones and Mayor John Weaver both praised cooperative efforts between the county and city to rework this intersection as well as all of Camp Road.
Commissioner Jones said, “We’re trying to work with the city to save these roads.”
He said if the city will pay for the materials (asphalt) the county will supply the equipment and manpower to complete the work.
Weaver said this is a good example of cooperation between the city, county and community service workers.
Weaver said with the loss of state road funds, the city and the county are going to team up to do what they can within their budgets.
Together the local governments plan to resurface all of Camp Road from Highway 53 to Highway 515. They may also address East Sellars Street, between South Main and Roper Funeral Home.
Jones said they still have to discuss some engineering and costs but should be able to schedule the work in the near future. Weaver said they also hope to do some widening on Camp Road, but that will depend on budget considerations.
Weaver said the new acceleration lane with curbing at the Highway 53-Camp Road intersection is of key importance.
Jones said the county is almost through resurfacing a lengthy portion of Salem Church Road as well. He said the roads crew also straightened out a few curves along the route and removed some large rocks that had caused previous surfacing to be damaged.
He said developers of the Preserve collected an amount from every lot sold and put that money in an escrow account specifically for this resurfacing project. The county used this account money to pay $170,000 for the work of resurfacing Salem Church Road.
“I want the public to know that the Preserve set aside this money,” Jones said. “This was not put on the backs of the taxpayers.”
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