Commissioners approve road projects

Cheyenne County Commissioners approved of the Cheyenne County Highway Superintendent’s 2013 One and Six Year Road Improvement Plan during their meeting Monday morning.

Tom Noel explained the completed construction and maintenance projects from the 2012 hearing, as well as his future proposed projects.

“Last year we took a bridge out and made it a low water crossing on 97,” he told the commissioners.

The bridge in question was said to be deteriorating on Road 97 south of Road 18, and was replaced with the low water crossing.

“We did 81 miles of gravel road last year with our own forces, and we...