Editing Roads, Inc.

[[Image:RoadsIncVehicles.jpg|thumb|right|Roads, Inc. vehicles working on [[Via de Luna]]]]
'''Roads, Incorporated''' is a contracting company that does frequent work for [[Escambia County]], including road construction and debris removal. Owned by [[Cody Rawson]], the business is headquartered out of 106 [[Stone Boulevard]] in [[Cantonment]].

==Clay controversy==
In April [[2007]], Roads, Inc. came under fire for digging a [[Wikipedia:borrow pit|borrow pit]] in the [[Knollwood]] neighborhood of [[Cantonment]]. Rawson claimed that the pit, which began construction in early [[2006]], would eventually be converted to a catfish pond.

Residents of the neighborhood have complained that the unfenced pit is a danger to children; that work at the site is loud and stirs up dust; and that [[County Administrator]] [[George Touart]] has ignored violations because of his relationships with the company:
*His son [[Matthew Touart|Matt]] is an employee of the company.
*He allegedly has gone on "repeated hunting trips with Roads Inc. principals."<ref>[http://ricksblog.biz/?p=2374 Open letter from Jacqueline Rogers, Knollwood neiighborhood]</ref>
*He hired [[G. Thomas Smith]] as his personal attorney in a real estate transaction a few months after Smith served as County magistrate in a Roads, Inc. hearing.
Touart, who was accused of inappropriate conflicts of interest in other County deals around the same time, removed himself from the Roads, Inc. investigation in July [[2007]] because of his son's employment by the company.

[[WEAR]] reporter [[Greg Neumann]] filed several reports citing county officials who promised to close the pit, although their deadlines have shifted several times. The most recent deadline, [[February 1]], [[2008]], was given an apparent exemption by Assistant [[County Administrator]] [[Robert McLaughlin]]: "I do understand that there may be delays and I would like for you to periodically update me so we can discuss a time extension."<ref>[http://ricksblog.biz/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/roads-inc-ltr-8-28-07.pdf Letter from McLaughlin to Rawson]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.roadsinc.com/ www.roadsinc.com] - Official site

[[Category:Contractors]]