October 3, 2024 |
Photo – Building sold to Albany County – Bigfoot99 file photo
The Carbon County commissioners agreed this week to give money from the sale of the Medicine Bow building, sold to Albany County School District One for use as a schoolhouse in the rural community of Garrett, to the Road and Bridge Department.
The building sold for a price of $80,000.
At yesterday’s Carbon County commissioners meeting, Road and Bridge Superintendent Kandis Fritz asked the board if they would like her to repave County Roads 500 and 504 in Saratoga. Fritz said the cost of repaving just five miles of the roads is estimated to exceed $2 million.
Fritz said the existing pavement is in very bad condition. With no money to maintain asphalt, Fritz suggested replacing the road surface with gravel and millings.
After removing the asphalt, the dirt roads will need magnesium chloride treatment to reduce dust.
As reported by Bigfoot99, the Carbon County commissioners agreed to sell an unused county-owned building in Medicine Bow to the Albany County School District for $80,000. Albany County is now using the structure as a schoolhouse in the small ranching community of Garrett.
At yesterday’s county commissioners meeting, Fritz said if the board agrees to put the money from the sale of the building into her budget, she will ensure that both County Roads 500 and 504 receive magnesium chloride treatment after the pavement is removed. Fritz also said she’ll offer a road and bridge crew to fill the hole where the building once stood.
Fritz said residents across the county are demanding dust reduction chemicals for their roads. With the money from the sale, Fritz said she can apply another 12 miles of magnesium chloride.
Fritz also offered the use of a backhoe and a worker to fill the empty foundation in Medicine Bow in exchange for the sale money.
The county commissioners agreed to put the $80,000 from the sale of the building in the road and bridge budget.
Fritz asked to keep the water line that used to feed the building in Medicine Bow. The road and bridge superintendent said the water can be used to wash off muddy machinery.
The board agreed to install a spigot at the former site of the Medicine Bow building. The commissioners thanked Fritz for her forward thinking.
