Opinion No. 76-151 (1976) Ag

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — MAINTENANCE OF SECTION LINE ROADS 1. Title 69 O.S. 601 [69-601] (1971), makes it the mandatory duty of the Board of County Commissioners to maintain those county roads which best serve the most people of the county, and, although the statute makes it an imperative duty to maintain such roads, the Board of County Commissioners may exercise its discretion as to the means and methods to be employed in such maintenance, and also in determination of which roads within the county best serve the most people. 2. The duty to maintain county roads imposed upon the Board of County…