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growth in Miami County has greatly increased in the last 10 years
with a number of residents choosing to live in the rural areas.
Since the County's road system was essentially designed for farm
use only and 77% (700) of the miles are gravel, a number of residents
now live on these gravel roads.
Miami County
has resources to convert approximately 3 to 5 miles of gravel roadway
to pavement each year. Therefore, a majority of the gravel roads
will stay gravel for the foreseeable future.
Because there
is a desire for residents on these roads to obtain some manner of
dust-control to improve their quality of life, Miami County has
offered a Dust Abatement Program for the last several years and
will strive to continue as long as the program is feasible.
Miami County,
through its Road and Bridge Department, will provide dust abatement
for county residents who make application
for such measures prior to the current year application deadline.
While
counties in Kansas are not required to control dust on county roads,
nor does any Kansas county provide a free dust control program;
Miami County understands the seriousness of the problem and the
concerns of area residents and offers the service as cost efficiently
as possible.
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