Carroll County Unpaved Roads Presented by: Department of Public Works Jeffrey Castonguay, Director Douglas Brown, Acting Deputy Director Deborah Butler, PE, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Engineering James Cook, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Roads Operations Eric Silverman, Roads Administrative Supervisor, Bureau of Roads Operations Surface conditions on unpaved roads are dynamic and change quickly depending on the weather, traffic conditions, and maintenance practices. Maintenance activities address road serviceability and the needs of the traveling public within the limits of available time and money. COUNTY MAINTAINED GRAVEL ROADS Updated 12/4/2018 Co ?issionerioligwi?b a? Commissioner 7 District . ?2 Miles of Gravel Roads 2016 2018 District 1 41.99 36.73 District 2 4.93 4.11 District 3 6.44 6.44 District 4 14.28 10.40 District 5 0.00 0.00 Total Mileage 67. 64 57.68 Gravei Road Corporate le?s Commissioner District -A6~?l Unpaved Road Mileage by District District Current Unpaved Road Mileage Total District Maintained Road Mileage Unpaved Percent of Total 1 36.7 313 11.7% 2 4.1 196 2.0% 3 6.4 97 6.6% 4 10.40 226 4.6% 5 0.00 145 0.0% Prescriptive Easement • Prescription refers to a type of easement – the right to use the land of another. It requires the use of the land to have been open, continuous, exclusive, and under claim of right for thee appropriate statutory period. It differs from adverse possession in that adverse possession entails the acquisition of title to the property, whereas prescription relates to a right to use the property of another that is consistent with the rights of the owner. (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2) • Estimate of County maintained roads that fall under prescriptive easement is 68% • Approximately 32% of County maintained roads are within in-fee dedications or purchased through land acquisition Sixes Bridge Road Babylon Road Snapshots of Unpaved Roads Annual Maintenance Practices • Breakdown on maintenance practices by season • Winter • Snow removal, as needed • Apply anti-skid material, as needed • Spring • • • • Grading and shaping of roadway and addressing shoulders Add aggregate, as needed Pipe culvert cleaning and replacement if necessary Calcium chloride treatment for dust control/hardening • Summer • Mowing, two to three times, including weed control at traffic barrier • Calcium chloride treatment for dust control/hardening as needed • Fall • • • • Grading and shaping of roadway and addressing shoulders Add aggregate, as needed Pipe culvert cleaning and replacement if necessary Calcium chloride treatment for dust control/hardening Estimated Costs to Upgrade Acceptable Geometry - Defined as a gravel road where a width of 13 to 13-ft minimum is attainable and having geometry that generally follows accepted low volume road design standards. 133,300 Average cost per mile Inadequate Geometry - Defined as a road where obtaining at least 13-ft in width would be challenging and having geometry that vertical and horizontal curves, sight distance issues, would need to be corrected to address safety issues, including substandard vertical and horizontal curves, sight distance issues, and insufficient drainage. 1,333,000 Average cost per mile Average Daily Gravel Average Gravel Properties Traffic Length Properties Daily Traffic Length Boad Name w?access [mile] Total Comments - Maior issues Boad Name wlaccess [mile] Total Comments - Maior issues Babylon 23 213 1.33 433,000 Horizontal, width, drainage Adams Mill Boad 3 23 0.43 323,100 Horizontal, width, drainage Baugher Boad 13 33 0.32 133,200 Horizontal, width Basehores Mill Boad 22 33 1.13 2,355,300 Horizontal, width, drainage Baumgardner Bd South 3 33 0.33 132,300 Width Baughman Mill Boad 23 34 1.33 2,354,200 Horizontal, width Bethel Boad 13 115 1.43 231,500 Horizontal. vertical, drainage Baumgardner Boad [10] 3 13 0.33 223,500 Width, environmental Brown Boad 5 103 1.03 205,300 Horizontal, width Bert Fowler Boad 15 33 0.23 1,553,300 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Cross Boad Schoolhouse 30 131 1.03 215,300 Width Boog Boad 13 23 1.13 2,355,300 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Diehl Boad 12 33 1.43 235,500 Horizontal Buckhorn Boad 32 253 0.33 1,252,500 Vertical, horizontal, width Doctor Stitely Bd 3 53 0.32 133,200 Horizontal, width Davis Boad 33 123 1.44 2,324,300 Vertical, horizontal, width, drainage Doss Garland Boad 2 - 0.50 33,300 Belocated with Hampstead bypass Falls Boad 43 34 0.32 1,232,300 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width East Diehl Boad 13 51 0.32 133,300 Horizontal Green Meadow Lane 24 33 1.13 2,325,300 Horizontal, width, environmental Indian Valley Trail 23 112 1.13 235,300 Horizontal, width Greenwood Church Boad 13 21 1.23 2,455,100 Horizontal, width, drainage Jasontown Boad 21 142 0.20 133,300 none Hapes Mill Boad 2 54 1.12 2,335,400 Horizontal, width, drainage John Shirk Boad 10 122 1.22 343,400 Horizontal, width, drainage Hoover Mill Boad 13 43 0.33 1,353,300 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Ladiesburg Boad 2 113 0.33 132,300 Horizontal, width, drainage Hughes Shop Boad 23 133 1.22 2,435,200 Width, drainage, environmental Leisters School Boad 5 23 0.30 113,300 Width, drainage Kern Boad 2 53 0.33 1,312,400 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Motter 11 23 0.21 141,300 Horizontal Kowomu Trail 20 32 1.33 2,254,500 Horizontal, vertical, width Nusbaum Boad 3 112 0.35 133,200 Horizontal, vertical, width Lineboro Boad East 13 123 0.33 1,323,100 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Fridinger Mill [131] 13 34 0.23 155,200 Width Naylors Mill Boad 4 25 0.32 1,232,300 Horizontal, width, environmental Fridinger Mill [142] 20 55 0.32 123,200 Width Kump Station Boad 3 11 0.22 433,200 Width, environmental F'inch Valley Boad 31 131 1.03 215,300 Horizontal, width Beifsnider Boad 13 34 1.54 3,023,300 Horizontal, width Balph Dell Boad 2 103 0.32 133,200 Horizontal. width Bohrbaugh Boad 24 112 1.03 2,055,300 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Bockland Boad 3 35 0.35 133,200 Width, drainage, environmental Boller Boad 11 33 0.43 313,200 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Saw Mill Boad 4 43 0.23 55,300 Width Boops Mill Boad 14 32 1.54 3,023,300 Horizontal, width, environmental Sharrett Boad 3 33 1.34 232,500 Vertical, width Sams Creek Boad 33 122 1.44 2,324,300 Horizontal, width Stover Boad 12 43 1.42 233,500 Horizontal, width Schalk Boad 2 24 124 1.22 2,435,200 Vertical, horizontal, drainage, width Study Boad 3 53 1.23 251,500 Horizontal Sixes Bridge Boad 13 43 1.31 2,314,300 Horizontal, vertical, width Turkeyfoot Bd [33] 24 233 1.34 332,300 Horizontal, width, drainage Stem Boad 20 43 0.30 1,233,400 Vertical, width, environmental Winters Church Boad 3 34 0.33 121,200 Horizontal, vertical, width Turkeyfoot Boad 32 233 1.03 2,055,300 Not evaluated Young Bd 30 133 0.21 141,300 Width, drainage Wilt Boad 13 52 1.5 2,334,000 Vertical, horizontal, width, drainage York Boad 1 23 32 1.02 2,135,300 Vertical, width, drainage Total $5,313,500 Total $31,253,300 Recent and Planned • Work completed in the last three years Budget Funding Mileage Cost Annual Operating 16.1 $3,758,700 Capital 1.9 $1,318,200 • Planned projects for 2019 Budget Funding Annual Operating Old Kump Station and Winters Church Roads Capital - None Mileage 0.8 Cost $210,000 Other considerations • Gravel complaints: • • • • Potholes and washouts Dust Drainage Gravel on private property, etc… • Asphalt complaints: • • • • Presumed increased speed and traffic Drainage changes I wanted to live on a gravel road, etc… Not every resident wants “his or her” unpaved road to be paved • Staff time, signage, traffic barrier(s) Thank You!