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Wisconsin Rapids council approves limited ATV/UTV routes with signage and 16-year age limit
Summary
The Common Council voted 5-3 to open select border roads to ATV/UTV traffic where streets abut neighboring municipalities; the city will add signage, rely on police monitoring and enforce a 16-year minimum on the opened stretches.
The Wisconsin Rapids Common Council voted 5-3 to adopt specific routes that allow ATV and UTV travel where city-owned road segments abut neighboring municipalities that already permit recreational vehicles. Mayor Matt Sacker said the Public Works Committee reviewed the referral and that routes were identified Jan. 8 before being pulled for separate council consideration on Jan. 20.
Background: Sacker described a lengthy community debate and a prior referendum that did not pass; neighboring jurisdictions and the county…
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