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CORAL TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FACTS
| 1990…..THEN | 2022….NOW |
| 42.03 miles of roads were maintained | 65.33 miles of roads are maintained |
| Road district budget: $105,000.00 | Road district budget: $305,300.00 |
| $2498.20/mile | $4673.20/mile |
| Cost to pave: $30,000/mile | Cost to pave: $80,000/mile |
| Salt cost: $19.00/ton | Salt cost: $72.67/ton |
Other Road District (RD) info/responsibilities:
- RD uses roughly 700 tons of salt /year
- RD mows 3 times/year, replaces culverts, signs and posts.
- RD is responsible for 550 signs and posts.
- RD trims trees, patches roads (cold & hot), maintains three bridges, three railroad crossings and the road shoulders.
- RD Maintains 6 trucks (5 snowplow trucks and a 1-ton dump truck) 3 tractors, misc. mowers, a chipper, a backhoe, skid loaders, front end loader, roller, misc. equipment such as chainsaws, plows and spreaders.