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Richardson County Board receives report on gravel

(KLZA)-- Richardson County Highway Superintendent Steve Darveau Jr. presented a report to the County Board last Wednesday that included the amount of rock placed on country roads in each of the township roads in Richardson County from July 1, 2025 through March 19 of this year which covers a period of approximately eight-and-a-half months.

 

Commission District 2 received 845 loads of rock, which totaled 19,965.43 tons of rock at a cost of $388,851.

Commission District 3 received 1,107 loads of rock totaling just over 23,545 tons of rock worth $608,214.

In addition, the County hauled 27 loads of gravel totaling 463.6 tons of rock that have been stockpiled.

 

That means the County hauled 1,979 loads of rock, amounting to 4407.07 tons of rock and has spent in less than nine months spent $1,009,207 on rock for county roads.

 

Darveau's report indicated that the most loads went to the Barada Township which received 209 loads totaling 4,963 tons of gravel with an aggregate cost of $94,605.

Also high on the list was Falls City which received 201 loads of gravel amounted to nearly 4,553 tons of gravel with the cost coming to $98,605. Franklin Township received 203 loads of gravel weighing 4,526 tons of gravel at a cost of $118,391.

 

The most money for gravel was spent by Humboldt Township receiving $102,628 worth of gravel. The smallest amount of gravel was delivered to the Nemaha Township which received 1,050.79 tons of gravel at a cost of $27,373.

 

In addition, Darveau presented samples of road rock and discussed the locations of the different quarries and types of rock available at each quarry.

 

Sealed bids were received by Commissioners for the Dawson Northwest Project which ranged from $40,721 to as high as $113,767. The three bids presented were received by the Board for the purpose of review by the County Board. Commissioners will consider awarding the contract for the project when they meet Wednesday.

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