Worth County engineer describes blizzard response, interstate closures and efforts to limit mapping-based rerouting
County engineer Rich Broom recapped blizzard response efforts, interstate closure coordination with Minnesota and the state DOT, and described work to prevent Google/other mapping services from rerouting traffic onto closed county roads; he also explained the county's 511 posting process and operational limits on sending crews out in zero-visibility conditions.
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County engineer Rich Broom told the Worth County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 that crews attempted snow-control work during a recent blizzard but pulled back when conditions made operations unsafe and that coordination with the state Department of Transportation helped manage interstate closures.
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