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Wallsburg council discusses washed-out ditches, right-of-way encroachments and seeking storm-drain grants
Summary
Council members and residents spent an extended portion of the Sept. 5 meeting discussing waterway and roadway right-of-way problems, long-filled ditches, culverts removed or buried, responsibility for maintenance, and staff plans to meet with Department of Water Quality about emergency storm-drain funding.
Council members and multiple residents raised long-running storm-drain and ditch problems across Wallsburg at the Sept. 5 meeting, pressing the town to clarify who must maintain road right-of-way and to seek grant funding for engineering and repairs.
"I believe the roadway is 66. The right way," one council member said during the discussion of maintenance and encroachments, noting that poles and utilities and easements lie within that width. Council members and residents…
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