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Bloomer resident warns county roads are ‘self destructing’ as farming encroaches on right-of-way
Summary
Chuck Cosmer told the board that planting into road shoulders and loss of ditches on County Highway GG, Highway 64 and County Double G is causing washouts, runoff and safety hazards and urged enforcement of right-of-way statutes.
Chuck Cosmer of Bloomer used his public-comment time to urge Chippewa County to enforce right-of-way and ditch protections, saying recent farming practices are encroaching on road shoulders and threatening new pavement.
“What's happening to them is they're self destructing in front of our eyes because of the farming practices,” Cosmer told the board. He said a recently paved road has only about an 18-inch shoulder that then drops about 3 feet; last year’s corn was…
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