The Caldwell County Fiscal Court Transportation Committee met earlier this week to start preparing for paving projects in the county.
The committee is made up of Chair and District 4 Magistrate Jeff Simms, District 2 Magistrate Jeff Boone and Caldwell County Road Department Supervisor David Waldrum. The committee met with fiscal court members following its meeting Tuesday morning.
Simms said it’s time for the county to come up with a time frame for road paving and chipping projects for the Spring as well as allocating funding.
click to download audioHe believes the way they are doing it now by spreading it out throughout the four districts works well.
click to download audioJudge-Executive Kota Young agreed and shared his experience as mayor of Princeton with paving the city’s streets and alleys.
click to download audioSimms said they need to go ahead and start getting a schedule together for the paving work.
click to download audioJudge Young added the thing he would be most passionate about with the county’s road system right now is the digitalization that is already underway.
click to download audioAfter more discussion about possible paving projects for this year, District 3 Magistrate Brent Stallins said there were two from last year that was not paved.
click to download audioThe committee decided to get a “wish list” together of roads and priorities for each district before the next fiscal court meeting.
