July 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
Damage to some freshly paved or tarred and chipped county roads by people doing “burnouts” with their vehicles is causing a problem for the DeKalb County Highway Department and Road Supervisor Danny Hale needs your help in catching the culprits.
In a prepared news release, Road Supervisor Hale said the DeKalb County Highway Department is offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone destroying government property such as a road”.
Road Supervisor Hale cites one case in particular.
“We recently tarred and chipped Big Woods Road and from the pictures shown here (at different locations along this road), you can see the damage that someone has done to it”, he said.
“When you break the structure of a road its almost impossible to get it right again. These holes that have been created by someone’s carelessness will shorten the life of the road by many years,” Hale continued. “This road cost approximately $80,000 of taxpayers money”.
“I, Danny Hale, Road Supervisor, am asking for the public’s help in identifying the ones destroying our new roads. We try to give you good roads with the revenue we have and to see them destroyed by carelessness is heartbreaking. This is your community. Again please help us stop this carelessness. This is your money that goes into these roads,” said Road Supervisor Hale.