Commissioner Elsberry Releases Road Paving Planned in Chattooga County in 2021

Some of Chattooga County’s roughest roads will be smoothed out this year according to Sole Commissioner Blake Elsberry.

Since taking office, Commissioner Elsberry has spent a large amount of time riding the roads in Chattooga County.

Elsberry received a repaving and striping list from the previous administration which had been tentatively approved on December 18, 2020.

So far Elsberry has removed 3.6 miles of Oak Hill Alpine Road from the list. The project was estimated to cost the County $249,976.oo, it was the most expensive project on the proposed list. “The previous administration had made the list so what I did was I rode all the roads on the list and visibly put eyes on them, all of the roads were pretty bad except Oak Hill Alpine. We moved that onto a later a date,” Elsberry said.

With the money saved from the Oak Hill Alpine project Elsberry added 2.2 miles of Little Sand Mountain Road, the section from North Little Sand Mountain to Haywood Valley Road to the list for a cost of $140,001.00.

Commissioner Elsberry said all road work would be rebid. He expects the paving to begin around the middle of March or first of April and be completed by October 1.

REPAVING AND STRIPING 2021 UPDATED LIST

Elm Street- Gadsden Ave to Mimosa Street  0.20 miles $12,000

Gadsden Avenue-State Rd 48 to Cloudland 0.30 miles $20,500

Sunnydale Rd-Agnew Rd- to Hairlake Rd. 1.2 miles $80.200

Mahan Rd- Hairlake Rd to Trion Teloga 2.2 miles $148,226

Saddle Club Road-Rocky Hollow to Trion Teloga Rd. 1.3 miles $91,880

West Halls Valley Drive-State Rt. 27 to Old Hwy 27  0.3 miles $19,998

Taliffero Springs Rd-from bridge to Sling Alley 1.4 miles $96,324

Three Oaks Drive-Woodhaven Dr to dead end 0.3 miles $22,000

Elsie Street-Chandler Rd to Welcome Hill Rd 0.2 miles $12,000

Carolyn Street – Chandler Rd to Welcome Hill Rd 0.2 miles $12,000

Mildred Street-Chandler Rd to Welcome Hill Rd 0.2 miles $12,000

Woodhaven Dr – State Rt 27 to dead end 0.4 miles $26,664

Little Sand Mountain Rd- North Little Sand Mountain to Haywood Valley Rd 2.2 miles $140,001

Elsberry was quick to point out each day he spends time riding the roads in Chattooga County and the list is subject to change. Elsberry is currently using his personal truck for county work. The county truck provided to the previous commissioner has been parked at Jefferson’s and at this time Elsberry has not decided what he will be doing with the truck.