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I'm curious where $$ for maintenance and repair of SD's rural road system (not minor roads but numbered county roads) and what is going on with that lately.
Been hunting NE SD for a long time- traveled it even longer-- and I have never seen rural county roads in as bad a shape as they are right now.
Poor tar road that was marginal 10 years back has been allowed to decline to a dangerous condition, replaced by intermittent gravel stretches with no warning when driving along that you are moving from tar to gravel, axle busting holes in the middle of the road, shoulders that are not there and are going to kill someone someday, etc.
Yes it's a wet cycle, but there have been really wet periods at other times in the last 15 years or so and the roads were not nearly this bad. It really looks like no road upgrades have occurred that whole time, just patches and fixes and such.
People say roads in MN are bad but they are nowhere near as poor!
I'm curious where $$ for maintenance and repair of SD's rural road system (not minor roads but numbered county roads) and what is going on with that lately.
Been hunting NE SD for a long time- traveled it even longer-- and I have never seen rural county roads in as bad a shape as they are right now.
Poor tar road that was marginal 10 years back has been allowed to decline to a dangerous condition, replaced by intermittent gravel stretches with no warning when driving along that you are moving from tar to gravel, axle busting holes in the middle of the road, shoulders that are not there and are going to kill someone someday, etc.
Yes it's a wet cycle, but there have been really wet periods at other times in the last 15 years or so and the roads were not nearly this bad. It really looks like no road upgrades have occurred that whole time, just patches and fixes and such.
People say roads in MN are bad but they are nowhere near as poor!
Asphalt is tied to the price of oil which is $80 a barrel, and South Dakota has no state income tax. Any suggestions?
You can pay less tax and get less. You can pay more tax and get more.
Your choice, but no free lunches.