ORD — As county road superintendents finish their one-and-six year road plans for this year, they’re being mindful of the state’s impact on aid.
These plans are not necessarily all the projects that will be done in that amount of time, rather what areas need work should the funding be there.
The gas tax gets the state even more involved in this process. It was approved by the Nebraska legislature last year as a way to generate revenue for bridge and road repair.
In essence, it’s about highway superintendents keeping the folks in Lincoln informed. “I want to make sure, that if they come and look at our one-and-six year plan they can see we have need here for that money and that we are going to use it for it’s intended purpose,” says Valley County Highway Superintendent Jay Meyer.
“All of that money will be tracked to make sure it’s used for infrastructure repairs and improvements,” he adds.
Valley County can expect about $11,000 from the tax in 2016 and more than $130,000 by 2020. That gas tax went into effect in January.
