Did you know  that in 1988 the County's Roads construction budget made up of Provincial and County tax dollars was $3,955,820 to fund resurfacing projects on the County Roads system?  At that time a tonne of asphalt cost $35.00 .  By 2001 the Province had downloaded 150 kms. of former Provincial Highways to the County but the County's roads capital levy which was cut back year after year was then only $368,000.  A tonne of asphalt had increased in price to $48.00 by 2001.  In 2008 after five successive years of painful budget increases the Roads Program budget is now at $3,850,000, that same level it was in 1988 but the County roads system still has its former roads system plus the 4 downloaded highways.  A tonne of asphalt in 2008 was $100.00.