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Highway commissioner says county below recommended paving cycle; reports four bridge replacements and staffing gains
Summary
Chris, Chippewa County's highway commissioner, presented the required annual highway operations report, reporting that the county paved 12.9 miles this year, completed four bridge replacements and is projecting limited paving for 2026.
Chris, Chippewa County's highway commissioner, presented the annual highway operations report required by state statute and answered supervisors' questions on long-term road funding.
Paving and maintenance: The commissioner reported 12.9 miles paved this year out of 488 county highway miles, below the roughly 20 miles per year implied by a 25-year resurfacing cycle. He said the county did about 20.7 miles of chip sealing and noted that the 2026 capital improvement plan projects 9.4 miles of paving (a roughly 51.9-year replacement cycle at that rate) and 31 miles of chip seal for next year. The commissioner described the paving shortfall…
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