Snow Removal

Weekly News Blast: This week board members, public works employees, and interested residents traversed most of the town roads for the annual spring inspections. Notes were taken regarding maintenance needed including joint and crack-sealing, signage, shouldering, chip-sealing, to name a few. Because of the costs incurred over the last few years, especially due to the bridge constructions, town funds for reconstructing roads will be limited this season. The Board has indicated that the emphasis will likely be on road maintenance, with special attention to culverts. You may have noticed large plumes of white smoke east of CTH F this week. The WI Department of Natural Resources occasionally conducts prescribed burns on some of the state owned or managed lands. This is to reduce the number of shrubs and invasive plants encroaching in the grassland habitat. By doing so the burns release needed nutrients to the soil and keep shrubby vegetation in check for the many wildlife species that require an open landscape. You should have received the winter/spring newsletter last week. If you didn’t you can pick one up at the Transfer Station where extras are available. Enjoy the predicted beautiful tomorrow, Sharon

Posted on March 10, 2023, Edited March 11, 2023 by support

If you live on a granite or gravel road you may be wondering why it hasn’t been plowed. The ground is so soft now that even simple passenger traffic is causing ruts to appear. And now the snow is acting like an insulating blanket, not allowing the roads to freeze back up. As a result, the plow trucks are having a difficult time traversing these roads without causing even more rutting. So, you will have to be patient. There is more snow predicted for the weekend. We hope that we will be able to get the snow off these roads when things are more compacted by regular traffic and weather conditions are a bit colder to firm things up.