County Road Paving Projects

The Muskingum County Engineer’s office is gearing up for summer
road paving projects.

Today at the county commissioner’s office bids were accepted for asphalt emulsion.

“The cold mix, the mix that we make with the liquid asphalt and
stone is the mix that we use for patching pot holes and patching other areas of
the road. Also, we put down a chip and seal surface on some of our rural roads
where we actually put the asphalt down, the asphalt emulsion down, and then cover
it with stone, which is basically what a chip and seal is,” said Matt Russell, Muskingum
County Engineer’s office administrative deputy.

The only bid submitted today was from Asphalt Materials, Inc., which has provided the county’s asphalt emulsion for the last several years.

“We were a little encouraged by the prices though. They were not quite as high as what we’ve anticipated. They’ve actually just increased slightly. We thought maybe they would go up more than that,” said Russell.  

Russell said the county will be purchasing around 250,000 to 300,000
pounds of emulsion to complete this year’s paving projects.