The Deschutes County Road Department uses a truck to spray liquid asphalt that will be covered with crushed rock while chip sealing Cheyenne Road in Southwest Bend on Tuesday. The Bend and Deschutes County road departments work to maintain roadways before they get into bad shape and necessitate bigger, more expensive fixes. In addition to road maintenance, the city and county both have capital projects underway for summer construction season. County roadsA private contractor inspects county roads each year to monitor conditions and adds the findings to software which gives each road a score from 0 to 100, said county road department director Chris Doty. Chip seal and slurry seal are the most inexpensive to put in.