By Tim SchmidtRecord Managing EditorThe Warren County Commission anticipates paving about seven miles of roads in 2015.The length is slightly more than previous years, but commissioners said they have some money unused from last year that will be combined with new sales tax revenue that is dedicated for road improvements.Overall, the county plans to spend in excess of $1 million for the work this year. Of that amount, $981,260 will be funded from new sales tax revenue collected in 2015.The roads that commissioners are planning to pave this year are Pendleton Lost Creek, portions of Ranch Road and Glen Road between Westwoods and North Stracks Church Road, a stretch of Hickory Lick, and South Rock Church Road.“This is what our intent is,” Southern District Commissioner Hubie Kluesner said.Before the work can go out to bid and be scheduled, commissioners have to obtain a few more easements“It’s a constant issue, but not nearly as volatile as it has been in the past,” Kluesner said. “It’s mostly from absentee landowners.”The roads that are being converted from gravel to asphalt will be funded through a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in February 2008. Seventy-percent of sales tax receipts go toward road maintenance, while the remaining 30 percent is allocated for capital improvements.In 2014, the county paved South Stracks Church between Highway M and the South Service Road, Pleasant Hill Road, North Stracks Church Road, and Lix Road.Three bridges are proposed to be constructed this year. Two of the new bridges, on Massas Creek Road and Lost Creek Road, will replace concrete slabs. The third bridge that will be built is on Ranch Road.The county has allocated $846,000 for the work.Kluesner noted that funds from MoDOT’s bridge replacement and rehabilitation program (BRO) will pay for 80 percent of the bridge projects on Lost Creek Road and Massas Creek Road, with the remaining 20 percent to be the county’s responsibility. With the county providing in-kind work, Kluesner anticipates the county’s portion for the two bridge replacement projects to cost less than $142,000.“That is a good deal,” he said.In addition, the county plans to use $632,164 from the capital improvement fund for the second payment installment for an updated voting system, replacement of the X-ray and scanner at the entrance of the courthouse, and new carpet for the courtrooms.Paving more roads part of county’s project list