GRAYSON COUNTY, Tex. -- The high price of oil is affecting aspects of everyday life, and Grayson County officials are feeling the heat. Officials received word this week they will have to pay 60% more compared to last year for costs to rebuild roads.

Officials say the amount of work done to county roads will be cut back, and the each precinct's budget will take a hit. It is just another example of how high prices at the pump are making life more challenging for everyone.

"It’s scary, and I don’t know what we are going to end up doing. It’s going to be tough," assistant Precinct 1 foreman Jesse Farrer says.

Jesse Farrer has been working on roads in Grayson County for awhile now, and while the work has never been easy, it has been nice knowing the price of materials he uses have been reasonable.

That is no longer the case.

"We are trying to stretch it as far as we can, shooting minimally, doing the best part to keep up what we already have just cutting back, because it’s going to be tough."

It is tough because prices of oil are rising 60 percent. So a day’s work like chip-and-sealing a road which usually costs $16,000 will now cost the county $28,000.

"We knew oil was going up, but we had no idea that it would hit 60 percent just overnight. That’s a killer, and I mean we were expecting maybe 10 or 20 but 60% is pretty tough," Precinct One commissioner Johnny Waldrip says.

Waldrip says a load of hot asphalt used to cost him $8,000, but starting Monday the county's distributor is bumping up prices to keep up with the price of oil around the country. That means finding a better way to conserve supplies and fewer roads that can be maintained.

"Every year we plan what we're going to do for the full summer, what roads we're going to fix and reseal, so what we'll do is look at and cut that list in half," Waldrip says.

This is yet another adjustment in what has been a year of a lot of hard work to keep county roads safe.

Waldrip says every precinct will be affected by the price increase. Sixty percent means an additional $100,000 per precinct budget, money which might have to come from somewhere else in the county.