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Weekly Blast!: It’s been an exciting and hopeful week for the Town of Grant. On Monday Supervisor Doug Steltenpohl convened a meeting for our snowplow operators to discuss what worked and what didn’t during the recent blizzard. During their discussion Supervisor Provost chimed in that state historical records reported that this area had not had a storm of similar intensity since the late 1800s – whoa! Our operators have been charged with considering the current plow routes and to make suggestions for possible modifications in preparation for next winter season. Later that morning the Board met and approved the planned purchase of a chipper. This purchase will allow our Public Works crew to chip the brush they clear along our rights-of-ways and distribute the mulch into the adjoining woods. This will be a much cleaner operation for all to see. Once our winter season’s brush has been chipped the crew will get to clearing the brush laying within ditches and swales so as not to impede spring flow from melt. Last, we will be making small repairs on our JCB, now 32 years old and showing its age. We will use it short-term but intend to sell it and move to a lease to own program for a newer machine over the next three years. Currently we use our backhoe/loader for many functions almost daily. It’s time.   Today and tomorrow winter; Sunday through next week, spring? Hopefully, Sharon  

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Snow Removal

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.