Start of repairs to CR 4006 connecting Gun Barrel City, Mabank moving forward slowly

Long-awaited repairs to County Road 4006 connecting Gun Barrel City and Mabank moved a little closer to starting recently.

The Mabank City Council awarded the $198,500 bid for repairing the road to All About Paving & Concrete of Rowlett on Jan. 6. Innovative Traffic Solutions, the engineering company designated by Kaufman County to oversee road projects funded by a bond package voters approved November 2014, is reviewing the CR 4006 plans now.

When ITS finishes its review the plans will be forwarded to Kaufman County Commissioners Court for final approval.

Kaufman County turned the project over to Mabank Nov. 24 for the bidding process.

A spokesman for the Rowlett construction company told the Mabank Council the repairs would take about two weeks to complete once work begins. The road must be grinded down before the new paving is put in place.

Signs will go up when the construction begins, and the road will be closed until the work is completed.

Repairs to CR 4006, which is heavily traveled and considered to be one of the worst in Kaufman and Henderson Counties, were part of the $56 million bond package voters approved.

Author: David Webb

David Webb is a veteran journalist who has written for the mainstream and alternative media for three decades. He is now a freelancer who lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area.

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