The Marshall County Highway Department is starting their painting projects for the season.
Jason Peters, Supervisor of the Highway Department said crews will be working, spraying the white fog line and yellow center lines on many county road. Annually they will paint 60 miles give-or-take.
One gallon of white paint is $9.61 while the yellow paint is $9.67 a gallon. It takes about 55 gallons of paint to do about 3.3 miles. Glass beads are mixed into the paint to make it reflective. It takes about 6 pounds of glass beads to pain one mile and the beads cost $.53 per pound.
Peters said he budgets about $40,000 each year for painting.
