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Wallsburg council weighs clearing rights-of-way, culverts and grant options as drainage worsens
Summary
Council members and residents discussed recurring flooding, filled ditches and removed culverts across town, agreed to pursue state grant help and to clarify town responsibility for road right-of-way maintenance.
The Wallsburg Town Council and residents spent the meeting’s longest discussion on stormwater drainage problems, filled ditches and missing culverts that residents say are causing repeated flooding and soft spots on town roads.
The discussion centered on where responsibility falls for road right-of-way maintenance, whether property owners may have unlawfully filled historic drainage ditches, and the town’s immediate options to seek outside funding for engineering and repairs.
Council members and residents described multiple problem locations — including a chronic soft spot by a culvert near Steve Muir’s property and a worsening low spot near Terry Issel’s house — and said ad hoc fixes are not…
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