Instead of being paved, can asphalt millings be used on the roads which are proposed to be improved?
While a road “paved” with asphalt millings looks to the casual observer just like a paved road, there are major differences in the strength of the two materials. The County will not accept a roadway for ownership and maintenance built through an improvement district if it is constructed with a surface of asphalt millings. The maintenance costs for facilities with a surface of millings are higher and increases the county’s maintenance burden at the expense of all taxpayers. The County, however, does allow roadways to be improved with asphalt millings through the maintenance district process. In these instances, the roadways can be improved with asphalt millings through a district, but the maintenance responsibility for the millings would remain with the maintenance district – the County does not accept the roadways into the county system. Each property owner in the maintenance district would be liable for the one-time improvement cost for the millings in addition to an annual maintenanc
