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Highway department reports heavy winter maintenance, major salt use and deferred patching until drier weather
Summary
Marathon County Highway staff said crews responded to multi-part winter storms, used about 2,200 tons of salt on county roads and 3,500 tons on state roads in December, and are awaiting drier weather to begin patching; asbestos testing and potential fire-department training were also noted at county facilities.
Director Lang told the Infrastructure Committee on Jan. 8 that county highway crews have been heavily engaged in winter maintenance after a sequence of rain, heavy wet snow and high winds that created multi-day events.
"We did go through about 2,200 tons on the county system for the month of…
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