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74 This section provides information on additional road conversion projects where roads have been converted from paved to unpaved. Information presented in this section was identified in the literature review, survey, and interviews, and is not presented in the body of the report.
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75 INDIANA Numerous counties in Indiana with budget shortfalls have converted paved roads to gravel surfaces. Brown County, Indiana, converted an asphalt-paved road to gravel in an attempt to reduce maintenance costs.
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76 well, has saved the county money, and there has been no pressure to repave the road. No outreach efforts were made for this road conversion because it affected only a few users who were notified of the decision to convert the road.
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77 money for other options and informed the area commissioner and residents of their plans to convert the roads. Results of the road conversions have been successful, with one road located south of Buhl now safer and able to handle higher vehicle speeds since being converted (MCEA Members Forum 2011)
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78 4,500 pounds greater than the North Dakota legal load limit of 105,500 pounds with the correct number of axles. A typical vertical well requires about 400 truckloads to drill, and a horizontal well requires 1,150 loads.
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79 county was able to take care of the potholes (Twin Township Trustees 2014)
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80 improvements to rural roads, particularly gravel road upgrades (Clemmons and Saager 2011)
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81 ago (2010–2013)
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82 Ford Shale Play area has a large amount of oil extraction. In July 2013, the TxDOT announced plans to convert more than 80 mi of road to gravel in six counties -- Live Oak, Dimmit, LaSalle, Zavala, Reeves, and Culberson (Floyd 2013)
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83 most of the public understood. The conversion project cost about $340,000, whereas repaving would have cost about $100,000 more (Driscoll 2014)
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84 Carter, T., "Counties ‘Hoping to Get it Right' as They Await Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Boom," Mississippi Business Journal, May 24, 2013. Christensen, L., "Vernon Locals Decry Road to Gravel Change," Tooele Transcript Bulletin, June 18, 2013.
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85 Tillamook Headlight Herald, "Road News Gets Worse," Dec.
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