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Gresham Road
Patton Road
ZEBULON - Be prepared for single lane closures on Gresham Road in North Pike County. Pike County Public Works began scraping the road in July and finished patching parts of the road in preparation for paving that is taking place now. This is part of the $5.8 million SPLOST that was passed earlier this year.
Pike County Public Works has completed the patching work on Patton Road, but there is more to be done. CW Mathews will start paving there on Thursday so be prepared for lane closures and short waits there too. The paving of Patton Road will take several days to complete.
After the paving is completed on Patton Road, CW Mathews will then move over to Gresham Road and work from the Hwy 19 side of Gresham to New Hope Road and complete needed paving there. When Gresham Road is complete, Old Zebulon Road is next on the list. Shoulder work and striping will be next on the list after the paving is complete.
Pike County Public Works is notifying the public of this road work and asking for patience as our roads are being improved.
Update from the August 11 Board of Commissioners meeting:
The 2016 SPLOST is mentioned briefly as is compliments to Public Works for cutting down the hill on Old Zebulon Road. Our road crew is making good progress with patching. They should be done with Old Zebulon Road by the middle of next week. The hill that was once used for jumping cars--and the blind spot for left turns that often ended up in wrecks--has been reduced by several feet.
The remaining roads that need patching are Flat Shoals, Shepherd and New Hope Road. The county is still discussion the widening of Kings Bridge Road. He said that the county will delay resurfacing on that road until there is money to widen the road. After patching is completed for resurfacing, the crew will then begin hitting problem areas around the county.
He said that construction on Jonathan's Roost Road should begin around September 1st. The county will be doing this work.
Finishing up Patton Road