CADIZ — Several road use maintenance agreements were discussed by Harrison County commissioners on Wednesday.

Doug Crabtree, representing the Harrison County Engineer’s Office, spoke to county commissioners at their regular weekly meeting regarding several RUMAs around the county. Crabtree noted that the agreements have declined during the winter, but he hopes they will pick back up now that spring is drawing closer. The agreements are made between the county and various companies, helping to ensure that any damage to public roads will be repaired by the energy companies using them. That is required before a company can be released from such an agreement. Crabtree said all of the RUMAs he presented had been approved by Prosecutor Owen Beetham.

The first RUMA was between the county and Blue Racer Midstream, which Crabtree said wanted to utilize 1.24 miles of County Road 36, adding to existing access. The other three agreements were between Harrison County and Chesapeake Exploration for various sites. The first one was for 1.5 miles of CR 49 in Archer and Cadiz townships. Another was for 0.75 miles of Kilgore Ridge Road, which was already partially under a RUMA with Chesapeake.

“It’s an existing well they already have, they’re just extending the route out to it a little bit,” Crabtree said, adding that Chesapeake had purchased a site from Ascent Resources was trying to tie the two sites together. The last RUMA was for 0.9 miles of the same route, accessing a different well. After asking a few questions, commissioners approved all of the agreements.

Commissioner Paul Coffland also informed Crabtree of some damage to Unionvale Road, believed to have been caused by truck traffic, and told Crabtree he would send him the address. Crabtree said the winter has been tough on roads around Harrison County, and crew are working hard to repair damages.

“They’re all pretty rough right now,” he said.