Inflation is affecting most areas of our lives and is now impacting the roads you drive on. At last week’s Wabash County Commissioners meeting, highway engineer Dustin Bunting said bids for the county’s motor fuel tax oil and chip bids were opened earlier this month and came in a lot higher than last year. According to Bunting, Mt. Carmel Stabilization Group was the only bidder that saw the cost of prime oil go up 42% over last year; PC oil went up 30%; polymers increased 22.5%; and stone was up 18% over 2021. Bunting said those increased costs will have a definite affect on this year’s work… 

Commissioners agreed with Bunting and accepted the bids.