JASPER, Tenn. – City leaders have been getting an increasing number of complaints about barely visible center lines for several heavily traveled roads around Jasper.
Mayor Paul Evans said 13.6 miles of road within the city limits need to be restriped, but the cost for the work is more than the town can afford.
“We’re in the process of working on our budget [for the next fiscal year],” he said. “The money is not there for the full project.”
After contacting Volunteer Highway Supply in Crossville, Tenn., recently about the work, Evans said the job was priced at $450 per mile, per stripe.
“They’re in Kimball working on the interstate right now,” he said. “So since they have a truck down there right now, they’re willing to come up [to Jasper] and do this striping for us at a price of $400 per mile.”