West Hill County gravel- crushing project goes out to bid

The Hill County Commission is putting a project out for bid to crush and stockpile approximately 21,000 tons of gravel to be used for maintaining western Hill County Roads.

Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said the project comes at the request of the Hill County Road Department and will be paid for with a $152,000 Bridge and Road Safety Accountability Act grant, which requires a 5 percent match.

Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel said this is an important project for a lot of people in the area and he’s happy it’s on its way.

“I’ve gotten a lot of calls out in western Hi...