DOT to maintain highway mowing limits statewide
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials will not yield to a request from Walworth and six other southeastern counties to lift restrictions on county mowing along state highways, an official said.
The state contracts with counties to mow along state highways, but in an effort to save money the state is paying counties to mow only once this summer instead of three times.
In a letter to Gov. Jim Doyle, officials from Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties, said they “do not believe a one-size-fits-all approach” is consistent with the needs of urban areas.
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Aug 1, 2009 at 7:37 a.m.
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what a joke! they finally mowed some of the ramps in the area but come on the grass was so high you couldn't see over it. it will take longer to mow it when it is this high. plus it looks really shaggy when they do it. not knocking the county workers here, they are just doing what they are told to do. I think the D.O.T. took a stupid pill when it comes to this. the on ramp to East bound I90 by the old Menards was really bad with the merging point on the ramp right by Hwy14.
Aug 1, 2009 at 3:31 a.m.
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Dump Doyle !@!
Jul 31, 2009 at 11:36 a.m.
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Hopefully mowing will be allowed along his Euoropean "railroad to nowhere".
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