Athabasca County is planning for the future to address county roads ailing due to spring weather.
The county's public works committee discussed a long term county road construction plan during its June 19 meeting and voted unanimously to place the topic on its next meeting agenda. Councillors also agreed to come back with ideas for prioritizing problem roads in the county.
Coun. Dennis Willcott said roads should be the county's top priority, but it will take time to address.
"Right now, my goal is roads and I don't see anything wrong with that. We know we're not going to get it done in one year," Willcott said during the meeting. "I want to put the money into the roads and that's the end of the story."
The discussion came in response to issues with Athabasca County's dirt roads being damaged by frost boils. Spring weather has resulted in roads throughout the county being difficult or impossible to get across for parts of the season due to rutting.
