SUPERVISOR DEAL LEADS COUNTY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ROADS
August 21, 2008
August 21, 2008
HOLBROOK, Ariz., Aug 21 -- Navajo County issued the following news release:
As residents of the Navajo Nation know, the winter of 2007/2008 was one of the wettest and most destructive in recent memory. Heavy snowfall was followed by heavy rainfall that turned roads into washes, washes into streams, and streams into rivers. Dozens of roads along the southwestern portion of the Nation were simply washed away, leaving hundreds, if not thousands of residents stranded and helpless.
As residents of the Navajo Nation know, the winter of 2007/2008 was one of the wettest and most destructive in recent memory. Heavy snowfall was followed by heavy rainfall that turned roads into washes, washes into streams, and streams into rivers. Dozens of roads along the southwestern portion of the Nation were simply washed away, leaving hundreds, if not thousands of residents stranded and helpless.