With the snow melted and the warmer spring weather upon us, the winter’s effect on Warren County rural roads has mainly come to an end. Warren County Engineer David Carroll tells KNIA News despite the long run of cold temperatures this winter, the dirt roads of Warren County are doing fairly well as some investment over the last several years starts to come to fruition.

“We’re just trying a lot of new things over the last couple years and we are seeing the benefit of it. What’s important is how we select the gradation of the rock before we place it on the road, you have to see the performance measures how the rock is doing, and that is what you really have to look at. We don’t have just one stockpile of rock, there is no set method to what rock you use. We have four different gradations we want to use, and there is a time and place for each one and we really look into those types of things and see how it’s going to perform on a long-term basis.”

Carroll also said he appreciates the public’s awareness if there is a problem, as there are thousands of miles of roads so the engineer’s office relies on residents to help let them know if there is a problem.