The county board racked up the miles Wednesday for a first-hand look at current and past county projects.

County Engineer Mike Hanson led all five commissioners on a trip criss-crossing the county to inspect and learn about road projects and forfeited properties.

“In the past, it has been pretty informative,” Tucker said, who noted this year was more low-key because there haven’t been any large projects.

Commissioners stopped to look at the work on County Road 45 — a $2.75 million project that’s continued from last year.

“If you stop the rain and everything else, this is going to go pretty fast,” Hanson said.

Resurface work started again earlier this week from near Dolan’s Landscape Center to Highway 218. Hanson said the completed road will be about 20 to 30 feet wider in spots with turn lanes added at County Road 25.

The board also checked on roads like County Road 2 west of the old Lansing Corners property, a road set to be resurfaced this year.

Along with roads, the board visited forfeited properties like the Lansing Post office and an old appliance dumping center. Commissioners indicated the values on both properties were assessed too expensive to sell. At a property at 59319 307 St. north of Brownsdale, the board inspected a site still littered with garbage like old appliances, tires and a split bowling ball. The county had to pay to clean up after the illegal dumping business, costs Commissioner Ray Tucker said the county will never get back.

The county is looking to sell the property, but Tucker said there’s a lot of cleanup work still needed at the property.