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Good morning!

The Adair County Road Department has a very busy schedule this morning, Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The schedule for today is as follows:


District 1:Mowing roadsides in District 1, starting in the Pellyton area. / We will also be blacktopping the Spruce Pines Road in District 1

District 3: Chipping and Sealing the Mary Allender Road and the far end of Sandlick Road in District 3

District 4: We will also begin spraying various roadsides starting in District 4 on the Lasley Road. We mostly do the spraying on bridges, guardrails, and spots that are hard to reach with the mowers.

District 5: The Adair County Road Department will ditching on Paradise Lane in District 5.

Please drive carefully in these areas, and be prepared to stop if necessary. Thank you and have a good day. -LISA LEE, from the office of Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton.

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Adair County Road Department at work on Paradise Lane



2007-05-29 - Paradise Lane, District 5, Adair County, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
The Adair County Road Department used a 7-12 Athey Force Feed Loader from CMI Equipment for the first time this morning, taking up dirt from the roadway after ditching along the roadside on Paradise Lane (Adair County District 3) this morning, Monday, May 29, 2007. It was the first action for the equipment, which is being leased for three months from CMI Equipment. Judge Ann Melton said that the county will probably buy the $49,000 machine after a three month, $7,000 a month trial lease is complete. "Most of the money, 95% of it," she said, "will go toward the purchase price. We think it will prove its worth this summer." A representative of CMI, by loader, was in Adair County today to help the ACRD with any problems with the equipment's inaugural work.

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At work on Paradise Lane, District 5: Another load from the force feed loader



2007-05-29 - Paradise Lane, District 5, Adair County, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. ACRD veteran equipment operator Lonnie Page was at the controls of the county's newly leased Athey Force Feed Loader. Above another load was ready to move out. The work is being done on Paradise Lane, in Magistrate Billy Dean Coffey's District 5. Paradise Lane generally parallels the Columbia Adair County Airport and Lampton Lane and is accessed from Lampton Lane via Short Lane. Aptly named, it is one of Columbia's best kept secrets. While much of the road is blacktop, this stretch is chip-and-seal. "Much of the maintenance we have to do is because county roads don't have ditches," Judge Melton said. "Flooding and thawing and freezing just peel the blacktop and chip-and-seal right off. We'll save a lot of money and have better roads when we get them all ditched," she said. The county has over 600 miles of roads to maintain. That's about 1,200 miles of ditches needed.
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Judge Melton at work scene



2007-05-29 - Paradise Lane, District 5, Adair County, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
Judge Ann Melton and Administrative Assistant Lisa Lee visited the work site this morning on Paradise Lane, where the Adair County Road Department was putting the Athey Force Fee loader to work for the first time. The loader arrived at the county barn Friday, May 25, 2007. The $49,000 machine is a reconditioned 1986 model. New ones cost $150,000 she said. Judge Melton said the situation is one where spending a little money now will save thousands next year, and give better, safer roads year-round in Adair County. When the county buys the machine, as she thinks it will, they will have the cash. "We're tight when it comes to the county's money," she said. "I'm so stingy we share toilet paper in the courthouse."
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