Red granite a cost efficient asphalt alternative for Grayson Co. Commissioners
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Updated: 6:22 PM Sep 3, 2008
Red granite a cost efficient asphalt alternative for Grayson Co. Commissioners
GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- Grayson County Commissioners are tightening their belts when it comes to the budget. They are now looking at less expensive ways to pave the roads.
Posted: 5:50 PM Sep 3, 2008
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GRAYSON COUNTY, Tex. -- Grayson County Commissioners are tightening their belts when it comes to the budget. They are now looking at less expensive ways to pave the roads.

Crews are using red granite until asphalt supplies are higher and prices are lower. Oil prices rose 60%. Then the oil company that supplies the county’s asphalt declared bankruptcy, so commissioners are repairing the roads without oil this year.

Commissioners are optimistic red granite will be a useful alternative.

"You can't even get the oil, but when you can get it, it's $50,000 a mile. I can do this for about $10,000, and it's the next best thing," Grayson County Commissioner Jackie Crisp said.

Commissioners hope to overlay the roads with oil asphalt once the supply goes back to normal.


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