The next two weeks will see Vanderburgh County highway and engineering officials narrow down a list of potential street repair and paving projects for 2013 to something affordable.
After briefing the County Commissioners on several possible projects during Thursday night’s annual roads hearing, Highway Superintendent Mike Duckworth said he will return with a final list for their approval on April 23.
Declining gasoline tax, wheel tax and excise tax revenues — a long-standing problem for local governments in Indiana — will force Vanderburgh County to again reduce the amount of roadway it can repair during the April-to-September orange-barrel season.
The final list is expected to come in at fewer than the 10 miles of base and surface repair work crews did on county-maintained roadways last year. The number has been declining for years from a recent high of 35 miles in 2006.
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