It would probably cost close to $120 million to pave all of the gravel roads in Leavenworth County, the county administrator said.
“We don’t have those kinds of funds,” County Administrator Mark Loughry said.
He said county officials will prioritize roads for paving based on traffic counts.
“We will try to pave as many roads as we can,” Loughry said.
But he said it is unlikely people who live on gravel roads with low traffic counts will have their roads paved anytime soon.
Loughry’s comments came Wednesday during a work session of the Leavenworth County Commission.
(Read more: Leavenworth Times)