The company that left more than 100 rural Anderson County residents hanging, waiting for dust control applications that never came is keeping quiet. The Anderson County Road Department recently refunded nearly $58,000 in dust control payments, paid in by rural residents for dust control application on their rural gravel roads. The question is still out on why the deal with Scotwood Industries in Overland Park, went bad. Rural residents get the option to buy chemical in a group purchase every Spring and, once the bulk product is delivered from the vendor, have the county department apply it to their rural roads to cut down on dust during dry weather. This year the money was collected and the order placed – but no dust control. Michelle Miller with the Anderson County Road Department says the company was late in delivery but at one point expected product to be delivered locally in mid-June. Scotwood missed that delivery date also.
