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• <br />11.G.1. UNPAVED ROADS PROGRAM <br />Public Works Director James Davis rendered a comprehensive review of his <br />Memorandum of January 4, 2002 using an outline/photographic/visual display to aid in his <br />presentation. A copy of the visual aids are on file with the backup in the Office of the Clerk <br />to the Board. <br />TO: James E. Chandler, <br />County Administrator <br />FROM: James W. Davis, P.E., <br />Public Works Directof <br />SUBJECT: Unpaved Roads Program <br />DATE: January 4, 2002 <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />During the March 6, 2001 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the <br />Grovenor Estates (34th Avenue SW and 35th Avenue SW) Petition Paving <br />projects were not approved due to escalating construction and <br />assessment costs for paving roads. Also, requests have been <br />received to pave 11th Street SW in Oslo Park and 63`d Avenue in <br />P inetree Park. As a result of these issues, the Board authorized <br />staff to scrutinize and evaluate the current County Road Paving <br />P rogram and make recommendations to provide a cost-effective <br />solution to pave roads. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Currently, the County has six motor graders whicn grade 244.68 <br />miles of unpaved roads at an average yearly cost of $481,111.13 <br />(from data collected by the Road and Bridge Division from 1-1-96 <br />t hrough 4-19-01). The cost for grading one mile of road per year <br />is $1,966.25. The yearly cost to fund one grader route is <br />approximately $80,815.19. Each year, the County Road and Bridge <br />Div. spreads 65,000 tons of marl/shell on the dirt roads. Much of <br />t his material washes into the drainage system and is deposited in <br />t he Indian River. <br />For analysis purposes, the County should best be divided in three <br />regions to identify specific goals associated with paving roads. <br />Region # 1 - East of the FEC Railroad Right -of -Way <br />G oal #1.1 Eliminate direct suspended solid loading and unpaved road <br />runoff pollution of the Indian River Lagoon. <br />G oal #1.2 Eliminate motor grader operation in urban areas with <br />heavy traffic conditions. <br />G oal #1.3 Eliminate unpaved roads in grader routes where excessive <br />t ravel times between short sections of unpaved roads <br />e xist <br />G oal #1.4 Eliminate 1 grader route <br />January 15, 2002 <br />• <br />61 <br />Bit <br />3' <br />