TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County is on pace to receive more precipitation this year than any year on record and, as a result, planned improvements to the county’s roadways have fallen by the wayside.
As of Thursday afternoon, Starkville had received 83.73 inches of precipitation this year. The wettest year on record was 1983, when Starkville received 85.75 inches of precipitation, said Chad Entremont, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Jackson.
“And we’re not even finished the month yet,” Entremont said.
Heavy rainfalls have wreaked havoc on county road crews. The county planned to pave nearly 5 1/2 miles of roadway in 2009, according to the Board of Supervisors’ four-year road plan. Inclement weather, however, prevented any of those paving projects from happening.
“We didn’t pave anything this year,” County Administrator Don Posey said. “That’s never happened before.”
Still, road crews have stayed busy, Posey said.
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