“What it will do is relieve our budget on that. It will free up more money for gravel in a roundabout way,” he said. “We’ve got a situation here that if we don’t, we’re going to have a tremendous amount of money going out of our budget to keep that road going to gravel.”

There are advantages to bonding now, Parker said. The county has no debt at this time, and interest rates are low.

The county will hold public hearings on the potential bonds in August.

Matt Milner can be reached at (641) 683-5359 or via e-mail at mwmilner@mchsi.com