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BISBEE — Additional shared-use paths may be added to two main routes in Cochise County provided that grants from Arizona Department of Transportation and the federal government come through.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to seek a $1 million grant in conjunction with Sierra Vista to construct a one-mile pedestrian/bike path that would extend the existing path from Buffalo Soldier Trail to Kachina Trail down Highway 92.
The new asphalt path would be 10 feet wide and 5,300 feet long. It provides a trail away from the traffic.
County Transportation Planner Karen Lamberton said the city and county have worked together to develop the joint-application.
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A second pathway along Highway 80 in St. David will be a meandering path of granite gravel that can be used by residents and their children. The pathway would begin on Mission Lane and continue to South Lee Street. The material is to be compacted to provide a solid surface for wheelchairs or children going to and from the schools. That project will cost around $215,000 for one mile and is funded solely through ADOT.
The awards will be announced sometime after November, Lamberton said.
Supervisor Richard Searle was glad to see the pathway in St. David take a step closer to reality. He has been working on it for more than two years.
“This is a project brought forward from the past,” he said. “There are many students who walk to and from school. This will make it safer for them.”
Chapman Road, near San Simon, has been slated for roadwork to correct drainage problems. The owners whose lands adjoin the road have granted the county right of ways so the work can begin. The goal of the project is to make the road passable during rains.
Portions of four dirt roads were brought into the county for maintenance that are designated as primitive with a unanimous vote from Searle and Supervisor Pat Call.
All the roads are in Searle’s district. The roads include a quarter of a mile on Second Avenue near St. David, 1.25 miles on Palm Road in Sunsites, 1.75 miles on Quick Silver Road and Cattle drive in the Kansas Settlement area, and 1.05 miles on Mescalero Drive and Dragoon Drive.
The supervisors were able to do this through the drop-add policy. If the county drops road miles, other roads in the county can be added to the maintenance list.
Earlier in the year, the supervisors dropped 9.33 miles of road on unoccupied lands.
“This is the way it’s supposed to work,” Searle said. “It’s an innovative way to give service to rural residents.”
During the meeting, the supervisors also discussed a problem at the Bisbee Douglas International Airport. The airport’s taxiway is breaking up and chunks of concrete are causing hazards for pilots. The taxiway will have to be repaired before work can begin on the apron. Cost of the new work was set at $23,320 and is still within the confines of the project’s $270,000 budget that is mostly funded through a Federal Aviation Administration grant.
In other business, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday:
• Tabled a discussion of a $140,826 contract to upgrade the video security surveillance system at the county jail.
• Adopted a resolution to establish a tuition reimbursement policy for all employees of the county. Employees who take advantage of the program have to remain in the county’s employ or pay back all or some of the reimbursement.
• Removed the following Republican precinct committee persons — Frank Callegari and Geneva Callegari from Precinct 42 SV College; William Waynick, 57 SV Yaqui; and Thomas Brown from 59 Webb.
• Approved the appointment of the following Republican committee persons: Cody Thomson, Precinct 21 Greater San Pedro; Kathryn Thomson and Thomas Jewkes, Precinct 34 Avenida de Sol; Sharon Lake, Precinct 37 SV Carmichael; Zanetta Boughan and Robert Boughan, Precinct 42 SV College; James Cleveland, Precinct 49 SV Moson; William Waynick and Annie Tiemann, Precinct 51 SV Ramsey; David Dean and Russell Madden, Precinct 54 SV Village Meadows; Leslie Penn, Precinct 59 Webb; and Joe Walker and Julia Walker, Precinct 60 Whetstone.
• Adopted a resolution appointing election board workers for the primary election to be held next Tuesday and the general election to be held Nov. 4.
• Adopted contract renewals with Aramark Correctional Services for food services to juvenile detention center ($80,000) and jail detainees ($356,000).
HERALD/REVIEW reporter Shar Porier can be reached at 515-4692 or by e-mail at shar.porier@bisbeereview.net.
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