More than 360 gravel and dirt roads across Butler County, Mo., were damaged by flooding last year.
Local officials hope a state grant created to help with disaster recovery projects will offset some of the nearly $875,000 cost of repairs.
The county already expects to recoup about $740,000 of the expenses from federal and state emergency management agencies.
Butler County would still have to pick up more than $130,000 in costs to grade and reshape gravel roads countywide, or 15 percent.
Officials are applying for $34,900 from the community block development grant program of the Missouri Department of Economic Development. They hope to learn by May if the grant money will be available to help cover material costs.
The grant would come from a special round of funding specifically for disaster recovery projects, said Matt Winters, associate director of Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission.
Winters discussed the project Monday with Butler County commissioners.
County highway crews have completed all of the repairs related to the flooding, said highway superintendent Gary McDonald.
The county was allowed to apply for assistance with repairs for damage done between April 28 and May 11, 2017.
Approximately half of the money from FEMA has been received, said McDonald. FEMA would cover 75 percent of costs, and SEMA 10 percent.
State officials still need to inspect some of the repairs, he explained. They are expected to coordinate their visit to Butler County with visits to surrounding counties, he said.
The worst of the damage occurred to roads near the Black River, and close to levee breaches. The majority of damage included washed out areas on roads, McDonald said.
County road 263, in western Butler County, needed more than 2,200 cubic yards of clay and stone base mix, for instance.