Gravel Road Improvement

Gravel hauling is firing up again for 2024.   Work started on Monday, April 22 for the county's gravel road improvement program. The gravel is paid for with Tax Increment Finance bonds. 750 miles of county roads are targeted for improvement with up to 2000 tons of gravel per mile being added to the roads.  Selected roads either had one or more residences per mile, had a feedlot or confined animal feeding operation, had traffic in excess of 50 vehicles per day, and/or were classified as farm to market roads. Up to 2000 tons of gravel per mile will be placed on these roads to rebuild the gravel base.

As of this report, the county has hauled 211,000 tons of gravel applied to 299 miles of county roads.    The gravel hauled this past year is the first round for each road.  Gravel for the first part of the year is being hauled from the Wright gravel pit and will be working on the areas in the SE part of the county.  Later this summer, hauling will resume out of the Little Sioux gravel pit.   Gravel hauled to each road this year represents about 50-60% of the new material which will be hauled to each road within the program.     Hauling for 2023 is done for the year as we begin to prepare roads and equipment for winter weather.

The map below shows the roads that have received the first application of additional gravel:

• Gravel Improvement Progress Map