Routt County purchases $3.2 million gravel pit, securing 100+ years of gravel for South Routt roads

Routt County purchases $3.2 million gravel pit, securing 100+ years of gravel for South Routt roads

Routt County has officially acquired the Hewes gravel pit in a $3.2 million purchase approved unanimously by county commissioners on July 28, which will provide at least 100 years’ worth of gravel for South Routt roads as a long-term, inflation-resistant resource, according to county officials. Newspaper staff reached out to county staff following the publication of the July 30-Aug. 5 real estate transactions, which notes the county commissioner…