Antelope County leaders vote to bond $3 million for road repair

The Antelope County commissioners voted, last week, to issue $3 million in bonds to repair county roads.

All five commissioners voted aye to a motion made by commissioner Carolyn Pedersen, seconded by commissioner Eli Jacob, late in an eight-hour meeting at the courthouse in Neligh on July 14.

Proceeds from bonds will allow county employees to complete projects totaling more than $2.5 million yet this calendar year, road superintendent Aaron Boggs told the Advocate-Messenger.

"Big-money" overlay projects will go to engineer Brian McDonald in the near future for bid specifications with potentia...