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Resident urges county action after wind-driven snow drifts block County Road 360
Summary
A La Veta-area resident told Huerfano County commissioners that wind-driven drifts repeatedly block County Road 360, leaving elderly residents potentially stranded and asking the county to consider installing snow fences or providing a contact number for plow response during wind events.
During public comment at the Huerfano County Board of Commissioners’ Jan. 28 meeting, resident Jim Hillacre described repeated wind-driven snow drifts blocking County Road 360 near Lover’s Leap and Doosnick’s Place and asked the county for remedial options.
“This is when wind comes across there with no snow,” Hillacre said. “It was probably 4 and a half feet tall. … I have an elderly mother that’s 72. There’s no way that ambulance would have got through that night if…
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