Stillwater News Press By Mark A. Moore For the News Press
September 13, 2022
For the first time, the Payne County Board of Commissioners has approved specific road construction standards for rural subdivisions. Although the county has had the authority to impose road construction standards for rural subdivisions since 1975, those requirements were not adopted until Monday. The new engineering construction standards apply to roads built with concrete, asphalt, and gravel.
District 1 Commissioner Zach Cavett said he proposed the new standards to address problems that have occurred when the county is asked to assume road maintenance on defectively constructed roadways in subdivisions.
“The roads may look good for a couple of years, then deteriorate because the subsurface soil was not adequately compacted,” he said.
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