Six Roads Set For Reconstruction, 31 To Be Resurfaced

Portions of six Highlands County roads are scheduled for complete reconstruction in the new 2008-09 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.

Also, portions of 60 county roads are scheduled for resurfacing in the new fiscal year.

The six reconstruction projects and the 60 resurfacing jobs were originally planned for the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.

None of the scheduled work has been done, though, because county road resurfacing and reconstruction was canceled for the 2007-08 fiscal year.

Five of the roads that will be reconstructed after Oct. 1 are in the Avon Park area, and one is in the Sebring area. No roads in the Lake Placid district are scheduled for rebuilding.

Judged to be the worst sections of the worst county roads, the following six roadways are scheduled for reconstruction by the county's road and bridge department:

In the county's Avon Park district:

•One quarter mile of South Corvette Avenue, from Thunderbird Road south;

•About six/tenths of a mile of Renault Avenue, between Cooper Drive and Rachel Lake Drive South;

•Just under two/tenths of a mile of Shamrock Street, from Arnolt Avenue to Abarth Avenue;

•Just under one/third of a mile of Talbot Street, from Abarth Avenue to Jaguar Drive; and

•Nearly four/tenths of a mile of Sunbeam Street, from Renault Avenue to Cooper Drive.

In the Sebring district, just under nine-tenths of a mile of Tearose Street will be reconstructed, between Tremont Avenue and Coolidge Avenue.

A complete listing of the portions of the 60 county roads scheduled for resurfacing is available on the Highlands County government Web site: www.hcbcc.net.

To find the listings, look to the left side of the county's home page and click on the "Road and Bridge." On the road and bridge page, look under "Quick Links" and click on "Road Programs."

For each street listed, the county gives the length of the road that will get a new asphalt surface, and the boundaries of the resurfacing for each street.