Cape County, sand company amend agreement for road repair

Sand-mining company Capital Sand Proppants and Cape Girardeau County amended an agreement at Monday�s regular county commission meeting.

In 2015, Capital Sand Proppants and the county agreed on a plan to pay for improvements for county roads 346 and 347, which the sand-mining company uses. Capital Sand paid 15 cents per ton of sand transported up to $500,000, Commissioner Paul Koeper said. �After that, a nickel a ton was to be deposited for any maintenance,� Koeper said.

The Capital Sand Proppants plant in Millersville is seen Aug. 12, 2015.Southeast Missourian file

The cost of the project has increased, he said, and Capital Sand has agreed to pay an additional $300,000.

�It�s been a good relationship with Capital Sand,� Koeper said, adding when all is complete, the company will have put $800,000 toward the project.

Including a $200,000 grant from Delta Regional Authority, that covered $1 million of the $1.4 million project cost.

�I think it was a good job,� Koeper said.

The roads were improved and paved, according to earlier reporting.

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