Hawk Creek Road paving explained

There has been much speculation about why there is a 2-mile section in the middle of the Hawk Creek Road that remains unpaved. I will attempt to clarify.

Last year, Lincoln County paved a 5.6 mile stretch of the upper portion of the hill on the Hawk Creek Road. The funding for this project was made available from the American Rescue Plan Act dollars that the county received from the federal government to offset the effects of Covid. Those were one-time dollars and could only be used for certain things, such as roads. The county felt it would be a very beneficial use of those funds to improve t...