County Road 429 North Road Project
The pre-construction start date for the C-429 North road project was May, 8 – June 7, 2017. During pre-construction Apache County District 2 prepared for the project by stockpiling limestone from St. Johns at the Ganado yard, servicing and collecting units for the project, setting up a command station at a residence and conducted proper planning on schedules and money management.
The construction start date was June 28, 2017. Graders, frontend loaders, dump trucks, backhoes, water trucks and scrappers were used on C-429 North to repair the road all utilizing an estimated 5,616 tons of limestone. After weeks of repairing and preparing the 24ft wide 3 mile road, the Durablend application began on June 29 and continued on June 30, 2017. This Durablend is better known as magnesium chloride which helps with dust control, road stabilization and soil stabilization for an overall improved road quality.
On July 1, 2017, the County Road 429 North road project was completed. Before the Shepherd administration came into Apache County office, the C-429 North road had 2 miles of improved road, now under the Shepherd administration, Steamboat’s C-429 North road has a completed 3 miles of improved road.
