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The exchange of jurisdiction will mean Washington County has one more road to take care of, but it will also mean the county will receive a substantial payoff from the state government to do so.
The first of three installments totaling just under $6 million was received by the county earlier this month. The state will continue to pay nearly $2 million a year to the county for the next two years as a part of the deal.
Larry Jackson of the DOT was on hand at the supervisors' meeting this morning to get the appropriate paperwork signed.
County Engineer Bob Bauer told the supervisors that finalizing the deal was no problem, as the first payment from the state had already come through.
"We signed the agreement back in December," said Bauer. "This is just a following through of the things in that agreement."
The large sums of money will be placed in a farm-to-market roads account that acts like an escrow for the county. The Engineer's Office can access the funds by simply writing the DOT a letter, telling that office that they wish to do so, said Bauer.
The money from the state doesn't have to be used just for old 218 either.
"Any legal use for road-use money, and you can do it," said Jackson.
