FAIRFIELD COUNTY - Three roads in the county will be part of a pilot project to control dust on county roads.

At their recent meeting, Fairfield County council authorized the Dennis Corporation to begin dust control treatments as a pilot project on Sandy Lane Ext., Ivy Lane and Majestic Drive.

Explained deputy county administrator Davis Anderson, the treatment can be used to control dust until the dirt roads can be paved, or if the dirt roadways are too narrow to allow paving.

The dust treatment is cheaper than paving. To pave one of the roads, Sandy Lane Ext. would cost approximately $12,416 four times a year. The dust treatment product, including application, costs $7,400.

Anderson said the application lasts 2-3 years.

In addition, the material that is spread on the roadways is environmentally friendly, and the more rainwater that it receives, the more it bonds to the roadway.

The distances of the three pilot project roads:

• Sandy Lane Ext. is .20 miles

• Ivy Lane is 0.05 miles

• Majestic Drive is .50 miles.

Total is approximately .75 miles of roadway that will be treated.

These roadways were selected because they are too narrow to be paved, according to county ordinance, they have recently received a layer of crushed stone, they have a high traffic volume and they are close to the county public works office, so that the effectiveness of the treatment can be observed.

In other business:

• Council heard a report from Chairman Dwayne Perry of the Health Environmental and recreation Committee. The committee is looking at placing three recreation centers in the county, and will determine the placement of the centers based on the populations of the areas they will serve, with an eye towards placing them to most effectively serve the greatest population areas in the county;

• held a public hearing and passed the third reading of an ordinance to establish and identity theft prevention program in the county;

• sent to committee the question of placing No Through Truck signs on Jenkinsville Road;

• heard a report from county administrator Hinely that said the state salary supplement for the county auditor and treasurer will be paid beginning July 1, 2009. There was discussion during the county budget process that this supplement was something that would be cut by the state.