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Rocky Roads: Lamar Commissioners grapple with potential funding options for repairs


Lamar County Commissioners Ronnie Bass and Alan Skidmore bounced around in a truck Tuesday afternoon, touring through Precincts 1 and 3 to review roads in need of repair.
“Can you see where it’s just tore up?” Bass said, pointing to various potholes and the edge of a county road, cracked and sloughing off.
“(Residents) have every right to call in and complain,” Skidmore said.
The source of the problem
The main culprits for the damage, Bass said, are years of wear and tear and, more recently, heavyweight trucks used for transport by local industries, namely solar farms and trailer manufacturers. What makes it worse, he said, is an ever-shrinking county budget. ....

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