Greene supervisors drop Middle River paving plan as water project costs climb

Rising equipment, labor, and diesel fuel costs have drastically increased the of Greene County water and sewer infrastructure costs, board of supervisors learned Tuesday night. PJR graphic courtesy GCBOS.

Greene County’s Board of Supervisors (BOS) agreed Monday to remove Middle River Road from the county’s secondary six-year paving plan after residents packed the room to say they want the dead-end road to stay dirt.

The unanimous vote came as the board also confronted a far larger price question: rising estimates for major water and wastewater projects, including a reservoir now projected to cost about $56.5 million…

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